DD is 8.5 months old and is not independent. she wants me with her all the time. i cant even get up to get a drink or pet the cat or open the door. im not even leaving the room but i have to be sitting with or near her and paying attention. she's in her hichair and im making her breakfast and she's screaming. i sit next to her and she stops (i dont even pick her up). I think she got much more used to being with me when my house was being renovated and we were at my sister's everyday for 2 months. I didnt have anything to do over there except play iwth her. but now that we're back at home, i have tons to do. i try to talk her through it but she just yells and yells until i come back. i had to run out to the car and she was protesting in her exersaucer (so i knew she was safe) and i came back 30 seconds later and she was quietly playing. That only happened once though. i get up to go to the bathroom and she's screaming the whole time, while im yelling from the other room, "i'llbe right back,m ommy's just in the bathroom". i feel bad to let her CIO but i feel like she's playing me. i know separation anxiety is starting but its when im in the room also, so im not sure.
am i expecting to much for her to sit in her hichair and play on her own, while im prepare her bottle/breakfast/feed the cat etc... will i ever be able to teach her to be a little patient or is that crazy talk with an 8 month old? when we're visiting others she is so pleasant because im with her, or grandma is playing and has such a great day...when it is me and her at home, i feel like she is crying so much i feel terrible. will she grow out of this?
