Besides having a freak out, I’m dealing with a baby who I feel has serious separation anxiety issues. I wrote that I love it when he crawls up to me. I do, but it happens too frequently. I can’t really do anything without him getting distracted by me and having to approach me at all times. If I’m watching TV, I’ll let him crawl around the floor but he crawls up to me every few minutes after he gets bored by everything else. To him, I’m an unending source of entertainment.
I love the little guy so much and hate to be apart from him — in fact, I’ve been having separation anxiety issues myself, especially for SXSW which I’d love to go to. (To make a long story short, if I really didn’t feel this way, I’d have secured a sponsorship already or bought my tickets like I did last year and the year before.) But this guy can’t be more than 5 feet away without screaming his head off, and when he yells, he YELLS.
I can sit at my desk and have him gated off, and he often escapes and grabs at my pants leg. He wants me to give him the attention and love like I always do. And I’m typically fine with that unless I need to get work done.
I know babies understand object permanence around this time, but I don’t think that’s it. This is a kid who just wants to be held just about all the time, even if I’m in sight.
Have you ever dealt with this? What did you do about it?