https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:09:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-1#post-288752 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:44:58 +0000 banana 288752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Separate anxiety hit around 8 months and lasted until 10 months. And then started up again at around 18 months. Now, he's 2 yrs old and he could care less if we're around or not. haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-1#post-288651 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 17:35:43 +0000 duckduckkristen 288651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It started around 3.5 months. He will let certain people (generally more laid back people who don't get in his face) hold him just fine, but most of the time he'll cry if somebody other than me or DH hold him. Sometimes he'll warm up to a new person, other times he won't. I really hope he grows out of it. We are about to hire a babysitter so maybe having someone else around once a week with him will help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-1#post-288603 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:43:21 +0000 erinpye 288603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours just started with the stranger/ separation anxiety (she's 5 months) and all of a sudden cried whenever her grandfather held or talked to her. She is used to him and sees him often, so it really surprised us. What we do now, is I hold her when we go somewhere, or when someone new comes over, for about 20-30 minutes, and let her get used to the people around her, then, if she's interested, I'll let them hold her. If she cries, I don't force her to stay in the other person's arms. I take her back and soothe her and may try again later. She also cries sometimes when I leave the room, so I'm good about making sure she's distracted and comfortable with whoever is with her, before I try. It's worse for her if she's tired or hungry, so I try to make sure she's content and comfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-1#post-288523 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:56:18 +0000 Clementine 288523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBehr: that's a really good point. I never thought about being in a strange place. Now that he's 6 mos, he is much more aware of his surrounding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-1#post-280805 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:35:48 +0000 Sammyfab 280805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are going thru this now at 6 months. The darn kid won't let me put him down! I used to be able to put him in the exersaucer or jumperoo and leave the room to make a meal and he would be fine for awhile. Now he needs me right by him all the time.</p> <p>Stranger anxiety has hit as well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-1#post-280401 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:45:58 +0000 pinkcupcake 280401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it hit her right around 6 months. She screamed at the top of her lungs at her 6 month appt b/c her pediatrician was unfamiliar. She cries when she hasn't seen my brothers if it's been a couple weeks or so. It seems to come and go in waves though ~ sometimes she'll be OK, other times she'll freak out. She does seem to do better w/women than men, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-1#post-280378 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:03:39 +0000 Mrs.M57 280378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lil, has just started to get a bit weary if someone holds her and I'm out of her sight. Last weekend my mom was here and took her upstairs to play/change her diaper while I was doing some chores, and Lil screamed until I came upstairs and my mom handed her off, then she was fine! She's 4 months, which I think is a bit early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-1#post-280375 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 08:59:50 +0000 junebugmama 280375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My guy just turned 3 months. Now when I pass him to people he stays focused on me the entire time. If I go out of eye sight he will start to cry, unless he's with my husband. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-1#post-280358 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 08:40:28 +0000 looch 280358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it hit us around 10 months, so a little later, but it didn't last very long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-1#post-280353 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 08:37:53 +0000 MamaBehr 280353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wonder if your LO was more upset about being in a new place without you, than just being without you. I know that my LO acts very differently in a new place with or without me, then when I leave and we are home. That being said, she is 2.5 years old and her separation anxiety (I call it being afflicted by mommy-itis) is pretty high. I have become a stay at home mom since my son was born, six months ago, and me being home has made her separation anxiety very high. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-1#post-280352 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 08:37:47 +0000 Rubies 280352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, at around that age my LO did the same. Even now at 13 months, she'll look for me after waking from a nap (if I'm not home that is) and is sad/cranky for a few minutes but is okay afterwards. She has bad stranger anxiety (doesn't like men!) but her separation anxiety in general is getting much better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-1#post-280348 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 08:35:29 +0000 meredithNYC 280348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm interested in hearing about people's experiences with this, too. Right now, at 3.5 months old, LO will pretty much go to just about anybody and is happy to be held and cuddled. However, I know that this stage probably won't last forever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-1#post-280289 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 07:04:51 +0000 heffalump 280289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo is 13 moths and no separation anxiety thank goodness. We do have stranger anxiety though. It started pretty young, and is getting better. First she would cry if a stranger just looked at her. This included people that she didn't see every day, so even grandparents. It was bad. But she had no issues with me leaving her. Now she's at the point where she likes people to look and talk to her, but not to pick her up unless she knows them very very well. So pretty much just her grandparents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/separation-anxiety-1#post-280273 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 06:10:40 +0000 Clementine 280273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My Ped had mentioned at my LO's 6 mos appt. that separation anxiety starts to hit around this time. I didn't think too much of it until we went to see my folks, who live down South. My LO who has never has a problem being held by friends etc. started to bawl when my Dad and Mom tried to hold him when we first arrived. Also one time he woke up from his nap while DH and I were having a date and started to bawl uncontrollably because he was looking for me. When we came home, he refused to even go to my husband and wanted to be held only for me.</p> <p>When did your LO start having separation anxiety and how long did it last? </p>