[starrsgirl]

I really thought Emmett wouldn't get this (haha, I know). It was like someone turned a switch last week. He has started crying whenever we hand him off to someone to be held or when he goes to the gym daycare. It was surprising because he was a daycare baby from the start and then when I quit working, he goes to gym daycare once a day. We always go at the same time with the same teachers. I guess he was not very good for them today and cried and cried. Yesterday, my DH took Emmett to the neighbors in the evening and he was also stand-offish to them (and he sees them all the time.)

Anyone else experiencing this? It's so interesting to me that it literally started overnight for us!

Any advice on what to do? (I'm not as worried with the relatives/neighbors but it is upsetting to both of us when I drop him at daycare.)

[Daffodil]

My daughter has crazy stranger anxiety regarding some men. She's had it for a good couple of months now. She'll scream and scream and if I try to move her away, she'll keep looking over my shoulder. Its embarrassing...I feel bad for the guys more than I do for her! lol And I totally feel like that's not her real personality. Luckily its just a phase, but I read it can last until they are 2.

[AndiNW]

It comes and goes here. Yesterday at the grocery store Wyatt was smiling and waving at everyone who looked at him. Today my mom stopped in after work and he was turning away and acting shy.

[sweetliberty]

Aaron's had it since March sometime; he'll smile at people but if we pass him off to anyone he's not around on a daily basis he screams instantly. I figure it's a phase and you really can't do much about it.

[Jule'sMomInOR]

Within the last week or so, Juliana has started showing this. I WFH so it could be worse, but sometimes I'll come down to get a snack or something and she'll raise her arms up like she's saying "Pick me up" and of course I can't resist. When I try to put her back down and get to work, she screams. I've had to do this gradual transition thing where I get her involved with playing with the nanny and then sneak away while her back is turned.

The sucky part is that next week I'll be working in Atlanta for 3 days and I'll need to get up early for work and go. Last time, she was actually asleep when I left the hotel in the morning but I came home and saw her at lunch. I'm wondering if she'd be better off without me coming home, but I'll be working 10+ hour days, and I know I'll miss her to be away that long.

[Arei_720]

We are experiencing the opposite! She's always been shy and stand-offish with strangers, but yesterday she was actually hamming it up with everyone she saw! I'm hoping this is not a phase, because I know from personal experience what a hardship being shy is.

[TxgirlinKy]

We don' t have stranger anxiety yet but I definitely have got myself a mammas boy right now. When DH gets home I can't wait for a break but K will just scream and cry now. This morning I had to basically hide in the bathroom so he wouldn't see me until DH could get him playing and occupied with his toys.

[Daffodil]

Originally Posted by TxgirlinKy

We don' t have stranger anxiety yet but I definitely have got myself a mammas boy right now. When DH gets home I can't wait for a break but K will just scream and cry now. This morning I had to basically hide in the bathroom so he wouldn't see me until DH could get him playing and occupied with his toys.

My daughter is the opposite. She's around me so much that I think she is bored. I mean, I'm preferable to strangers, but she is such a daddy's girl. She'll actually cry when I take her back from him in the morning so he can go to work. I don't mind, I'm glad she is so in love with him since they don't get a chance to see each other too much.

[Wren]

Originally Posted by Jule'sMomInOR

The sucky part is that next week I'll be working in Atlanta for 3 days and I'll need to get up early for work and go. Last time, she was actually asleep when I left the hotel in the morning but I came home and saw her at lunch. I'm wondering if she'd be better off without me coming home, but I'll be working 10+ hour days, and I know I'll miss her to be away that long.

Stella started this in a big way about a month ago. I actually now have to leave the apartment and work in the library when the nanny is here. Otherwise she will be screaming the whole time. As soon as I leave she will scream for a minute, but then she is fine.

When went to my sister-in-law's wedding a couple of weeks ago, and Stella would freak out any time her grandparents tried to hold her or get in her space.

But, as long as I am holding her, she totally grins and flirts with anyone she sees.