I'm not sure this is the right place to put this, move it if need be but...my little man is 7 months old, is crawling, pulling himself up and whines and cries all day long. Since he has been crawling he has turned into a major whiner. He used to play by himself quite happily but now he isn't even happy one minute by himself. He's crawling after me, whining at my feet, crying if I put him down. Has his hands up to be picked up all the time. When I sit on the floor to play with him he is trying to crawl into my lap. He won't play with me at all he just wants to crawl into my lap. I can't cope with the whining anymore. I don't know how to play with him or interact with him to make him happy. He's 7 months old and he's not happy. At first I thought that his whining was just over stimulation, you know novelty of crawling and being able to get to everything and he was just getting overtired but now I don't know. Maybe it's separation anxiety, I don't know. When he's with other people or we are visiting, he's a very happy child, no one believes me that he is such a whiner. But when its just him and me all he does is whine. I can't deal with it anymore. I don't know what to do with him. I love my child, and as much as it hurts to say this, right now I don't like him very much. I find myself counting down the minutes to nap time so I don't have to deal with it anymore. I can't do any housework cos if he's not in my arms he's whining. How can I help him play happily again? Is it normal for a baby to fuss every moment he's awake? What do I need to do, to make playtime less stressful? We've finally got his sleep sorted out, now I wanted to enjoy my baby, but he won't let me. It breaks my heart to have him so upset so much of the time. I feel like a terrible mother. I can't even keep my 7 month old happy, how is it going to be once he is a teenager.