hi there,my baby girl is nearly 10 months,she is a happy baby untill someone other than me picks her up,she will start screaming.when i pick her she ok again and will smile and babble away to the other person,only if shes on my lap.iam a single parent so she is with me all the time.i go to baby groups with her to get used to seeing diffferent faces but it doesnt seem to be changing anything.does anyone else have this or ideas????

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My little one is 7 1/2 months and has been like this for the last week. I am on my own most of the time as my partner is away alot with his work, is home 1 weekend a month at the moment. She just starts screaming when I walk out of the room, or like you, if someone else picks her up. I'm really quite worried cos I go back to work full time at the beginning of Feb and she is going to nursery. She has been there a couple of times and she seems to be ok but I've been there with her. Sorry its not advice, just wanted to let you know you're not alone! She is a nightmare with her last bottle at night - I'm the only person that can give it to her, she won't even let her dad do it!

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Hi there My son is now 3 and he used to be exactly the same! Before he went to nursery I got him into a local playgroup for just 2 mornings a week, it was amazing, the first day he was a bit grouchy but from then on he was off like a rocket - I was more worried than him, he only cried when he had to go home, and that only lasted 2 sessions as he realised he would be going back. So, don't worry - the phase will pass and he will love nursery, i'm sure! Good Luck, Claire x

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hi my names rachel my sons 8 months old and since he was born he has been clingy to me! he will go to other people but only if i am in the room. if i leave the room he throws himself back and screams until i come back. i hav tried leaving the room and reasuring him that i am coming back but it doesn't seem to work. trying to do the washing and cleaning with him screaming away in the background is a nightmare. theres one good thing though .....atleast we know they love us! :)

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my son is 6months now he sits nicely on the floor playing but then he grabs my leg,then he screams because i wont pick him up,or when somebody else picks him up hes ok the starts screamin then comes back 2 me and starts laughin talkin i dont no what to do i dont want a clingy baby i love him but it stresses me out any sugests?

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hi! i work in a nursery with 0-10month babies and i know the kind of worries mums (and dads) have, especially with clingy babies! don't feel bad about leaving you baby, as they will be well looked after. Childcare workers are trained in dealing with situations where babies are very clingy, but as much info from parents on how to deal with them as individuals is v. helpful! a lot of parents have commented on how much better they deal with being seperated from parents after a few trips to nursery, and find that the screaming whenever they leave a room stops too. i know that when i have mine i'll be the same, worrying about how they're copeing while at nursery but its important to trust the people you leave your child with, and also to ask for feedback and to work as a team with the childcare providers xx

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Hi, my baby is 10 and half months she has been clingy for as far back as i can remember! So much so that she has not had 1 night away from us as she wont stay we have tried but its not fair to see her in th state she gets in to. I am still breastfeeding and think this could be why, If daddy holds her she gets so angry and i try to get on with something to let her know im not going to run to her and sometimes she gets to frustrated, when i pick her off him she laughs and kisses me with a big squeeze hug! I was advised to try a nursery for 1hr a week but the ones iv tried wont just have 1hr they want more than that which becomes so expensive, but im not really complaining, at least i know she loves me, i do get the nicest cuddles and kisses than anyone else does! I think she will grow out of it and soon enough shell be independent so make the most of it xxx

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