My son is very moody, he has two teeth coming through and has started learning to crawl. He cries when I leave the room, thouhg not always, or cries when he realises I am gone. I am a stay at home mum, so all the advice articles on leaving with carers does not help. plus how do you explain to a 7month old that you are going into the other room and you will be back? We play peek a boo, but are there any other ideas?
When you leave the room, keep going, don't look back. He needs to learn you are still there even if he can't see you. You could always put a child gate up over the doorway so that he can come to the door, but no further.
Unfortunately, this is one of the lessons that our little ones have to learn, but is super frustrating. I wish I could say it gets better, but they move from one habit to another finding new ways to pull on those puppet strings we always seem to be tripping over.
You're doing a great job and it is perfectly normal to feel the way your child does-I'd be worried if they didn't. Yep the peek a boo game is great and keep it getting longer and longer the more you play it. I also do the where has mummy gone when I leave my 10 month old daughter-I am a stay at home mum too!
The past week she has been really bad n teething is horrible but both together is not good, so she was always crying when I even started to move to the door so I do a distraction method of giving her a different object than what she is playing with and leave with no eye contact-ok course I say why I am going etc.
I then talk to her so she can hear my voice and this way she has been better, she still starts to cry but she seems better if she can either hear me or see me from where she is-it was worse when it was bedtime so now I leave her bedroom light on and her nightlight and leave her door half open and this helps, when she falls asleep I close n turn off. Before I just put night light on and closed the door.
My son who is 9 was a lot worse but he had other issues which had something to do with it!
Hugs n hope hunny and keep your chin up, it will pass but I know it's not great to hear when it affects you right now.
My son did this--I just always assured him when I was leaving (to go to the bathroom, do a load of laundry, etc) that "mommy will be right back,". And when I came back into the room "see? Mommy came back. Mommy always comes back."
7 months is pretty little to understand that, but the more you say it, the more he'll remember the sequence.
My son is always a hellion when he's teething. He's like a different kid for a couple months. Ride out the teething and see if that changes anything, too.
It takes patience & perseverance for baby to learn you are coming back. Playing the peek-a-boo games is good, take it the next level where you pop out of the room, poke your head back around the corner, saying peek-a-boo. When you are going to leave the room, start singing to him, then keep singing as you leave.
Most babies go through it especially at this age, the only thing I did with my 3 was to let them go through the process, they do cry and unless he is overly distressed do what you have to do and come back to him in minute intervals to let him know you are still there...... reassure him but don't fuss he will eventually realise that you do come back and will get over it....... If he is really distressed the only thing I did was take them with me and pop them down where I was working. Sorry I hope this helps, but they do get over it, and unfortunately it just takes patience from mum Goodluck x
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