https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 16:13:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874400 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:08:59 +0000 NovBaby1112 874400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>omg yes! except she mostly only does this to other daddies or men and it is sooo embarrasing! we will be at the park swinging and she will stare down any man she sees and smiles, coos, anything to get his attention and basically ignores me the entire time. it is so embarrasing! i have no clue why she is like this because she sees her daddy all the time and he gives her so much attention already! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874389 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:01:44 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 874389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>omg yes....sometimes he will stare at someone in a grocery store until they look his way, and then he will dance and smile and bat his lashes. Of course, the other person melts with glee and it's official: he has suckered yet another stranger into being his #1 fan.<br /> I am HOPING it stops when he is older because, if he does that at 5 years old, he could get abducted and I frikkin crap my pants just thinking about it.<br /> I need to teach him to kick, bite and scream hehe.<br /> Oh, and he eats ANYTHING. Anything anyone puts near his mouth, he will gladly eat. It's bad because he has MSPI and so many people in my family don't.understand.that. ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874373 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:55:13 +0000 lovehoneybee 874373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: I can totally see her doing that, too!</p> <p>@MamaMoose: Haha I can't wait to see pictures of that!</p> <p>@rachiecakes: Oh my god. I am so incredibly jealous!</p> <p>E's pretty much the opposite. Half the time if someone else is holding him he'll be lunging for me or DH (and sometimes even if it's DH). Except other kids, then he just wants to crawl over and steal their toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874338 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:38:47 +0000 MamaMoose 874338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: hahaa thanks, we think so too. Her grandparents don't so much agree when they come to visit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874337 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:38:14 +0000 Mrs. Pen 874337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: haha that's amazing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874333 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:37:02 +0000 hummusgirl 874333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: ahhhhh that is so cool! she's amazing!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874330 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:36:06 +0000 littlek 874330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: B does the same thing when we get his pictures taken. He is smiles for us and then uninterested when we have a photographer there. I'm constantly saying "he really is a happy boy!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874328 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:35:22 +0000 kjpugs 874328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's EXACTLY how I was growing up. My mom said my sisters helped distract me when they were older. My school bus stop was the same stop for NJ Transit to Newark/NYC, so my mom got very nervous about how outgoing I was. She said I would talk to EVERYONE at that bus stop. I remember being more shy when my mom wasn't right there though, and they taught me really well about strangers, etc. Keep LO educated and you will hopefully be fine!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874325 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:34:08 +0000 MamaMoose 874325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: @Mrs. Pen: We had her six month photos yesterday and at least half of them were straight up judge face. I will be sure to post them once we get the disk : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874324 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:33:58 +0000 littlek 874324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: Your LO is hilarious!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874323 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:33:55 +0000 Mrs. Twine 874323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lorelei has a 'look but don't touch' philosophy. She loves attention, could care less about how far away from me she roams, adores strangers, but if they try to touch her she wants mama. NOW! Ellie was very cautious and reserved of other people, always. I think I would worry about Lorelei a lot more if we lived somewhere bigger where "stranger danger" was more of an issue. Not that it can't happen here, but between my watching her and the fact that we at least tangentially know most of the people we come into contact with every day, I'm not too worried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874316 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:31:27 +0000 mynoahbear 874316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She was until she hit 11 months. Then, she became so shy and started with stranger anxiety. Now, at 17.5 months, we're working on getting her over a terrible case of mommy attachment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874312 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:30:30 +0000 autumnlove 874312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO also likes to stare and talk to strangers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874301 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:26:10 +0000 Shutterbug 874301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: wow!! what a great picture! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874275 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:06:54 +0000 rachiecakes 874275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby:@regberadaisy: J is just like this! He'll stare down a table until someone smiles and waves at him, haha</p> <p>He's never had an ounce of stranger anxiety. He'll reach for other people to pick him up while we're waiting in a line. I've gone to parties at other people's houses where he walks into the room and starts dancing, clapping and just commanding everyone's immediate attention.<br /> I don't really make a big deal of his antics to the point where I'm not even really paying attention when we're out and about. A few weekends ago he was hamming it up in Target, I didn't even look up to see what was going on before I heard DH say, "hey, you're (Senator) Elizabeth Warren!" I asked if we could get a photo and J jumped into her arms. </p> [attach=1845/13/mor3ga.600x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874208 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:42:58 +0000 Mrs. Pen 874208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: @regberadaisy: oh yeah Cobi does the same thing at restaurants. He'll stare at people sitting at another table until they talk to him then he chatters away. He loves to do trucks like leaning as far back in his high chair as he can. I always end up apologizing because he practically demands their attention! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874195 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:39:11 +0000 Mrs. Pen 874195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: hahaha OMG she sounds hilarious. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874191 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:38:26 +0000 Mrs. Pen 874191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>J isn't quite as bad but he definitely loves attention and will talk to anyone who will pay attention. </p> <p>So I will say that I was THAT child. I knew no limitations. I would talk to strangers and had no reservations or fear. I would do anything I wanted and never listened to my mom! I often ran off in public places and she said she's lost me before and it was the scariest moment of her life. I feel bad for her! Honestly she said until I was old enough to understand why I can't leave her or talk to strangers (probably around 8) she hardly ever took me out because it was so stressful. </p> <p>I remember I used to stand on the sidewalk and wave to all the cars going by. That freaked my grandma out!</p> <p>So yeah that wasn't advice or helpful at all but I sympathize cause I know I was a handful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874174 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:32:06 +0000 MsLipGloss 874174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: LOL! And IDIE imagining the pouty and disapproving faces your LO must make . . . I mean with those gorgeous lips . . . ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874172 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:30:53 +0000 looch 874172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It takes my son a few times to warm up to people, but once he knows you, he won't leave you alone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874169 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:29:58 +0000 MamaMoose 874169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is too busy being judgy to try to engage people. I swear she has the judgiest faces and just is not impressed with new people trying to be her friend. Whenever new babies start in her day care class it takes a good week for her to accept them. She gives them dirty looks and cries if they get picked up. I once came to school and her teacher was lecturing her on "accepting new friends". I died laughing. She also flips the F out if floaters try to pick her up. She likes to nap when floaters are in her room because she has no interest in interacting with them. I can't blame her since I dislike the majority of people I meet too :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874168 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:29:26 +0000 Smurfette 874168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: I had to laugh at "H, you look totally desperate! Stop!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874078 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:01:52 +0000 DillonLion 874078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>"I'm like, "H, you look totally desperate! Stop!""</p> <p>I'm sorry this made me laugh hysterically. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874072 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:59:32 +0000 rsp213 874072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@princessbaby: L was like this for months! Now that she's almost 2 she's definitely more reserved. She likes to say hi to people from far away, but if they look at her or say hi back she runs to me or points to me and says "Mama here" to confirm that she's with me.</p> <p>I think you'll be ok but H is so cute I'm sure people will engage her regardless! You'll have to be the defense for her :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874071 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:59:21 +0000 bpcmarj 874071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: P is the same way.</p> <p>Most people love that she is so friendly. She waves and smiles and everyone and really does seem to brighten people's day. I think being friendly is a good trait for her to have down the road, but I will just be sure that she knows the boundaries. But, no stranger danger here at all. Babies need social interaction just like everyone else :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874068 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:58:47 +0000 skibobrown 874068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter didn't start with separation anxiety until closer to 1 year. She still warms up to strangers pretty quickly, but when she encounters new people... especially scary new people... she hides behind me and wants to bury herself in me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874067 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:57:56 +0000 regberadaisy 874067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is M as well. When we go out to eat she will literally pick a table and stare at them the whole time. She will not stop staring until they talk to her. Then she's all yappy. Now that she's walking she will walk away from me and just stand in the middle of a space and stare at people. She's a people watcher!</p> <p>I don't worry bc when they engage like physically she will shut down immediately and just stare. And usually comes back to me. When she meets people (direct contact) for the first time she is VERY wary and takes a while to warm up. </p> <p>@Dandelion: bahahahhahaah your response cracked me up!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874065 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:56:08 +0000 MsLipGloss 874065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: That's definitely when it started for BabyGloss too (around 8ish months . . . we are still in the throes of it now at 9.5 months). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874059 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:53:25 +0000 Weagle 874059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't worry about it yet. She's still a little young to have stranger danger, but will probably develop it at some point. LO went from a super ham, to a stranger hater, and now she's getting friendly again. All in a matter of a few months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-lo-a-ham-for-attention-does-it-make-you-worried-for-hisher-safety#post-874052 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:51:13 +0000 Dandelion 874052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha, she sounds like my MIL...she's always looking for new people to talk to in public. She's embarrassing sometimes.</p> <p>I think she would have the same risk level as any other kids for stranger danger. Just keep her close and educate her when she's older about what's safe. </p>