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Are Your Babies Mamma's Boys/girls???
Posted: 09-11-07 09:25am

I am just wondering how many of you have or had babies that were overly attached to you?

I ask this because my niece who is 5 months old is super attached to her mother. If her mom is holding her and you even think of touching to her (holding her hand, or foot or something) she starts screaming. It is annoying most of the time. She also doesn't let anyone hold her. If she does, it lasts for all of about 2 minutes and then she pouts her lip and starts crying. She doesn't even give my mom or my husband 2 minutes. Its like the second they get her. Her dad can hold her for a while but if she gets upset then watch out! She is somewhat tolerant of me, but I think that it is just because I don't care if she screams, I try to distract her so she is comfortable with me holding her. This past weekend, I actually held her through most of church service and she just played with her toy. That was the longest I was able to hold her.

So is this normal??? Other babies I have been around could care less who holds them. I know all babies are different, but I am just curious how many of you had babies that did this. Do they grow out of it? When?

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Posted: 09-11-07 09:31am

It seems pretty normal to me. When my son was first born he would let anyone hold him and that continued for a few months. I would say at around four months or so he started to realize that I was mommy and no one else would do. Your niece will change again and become interested in other people. I don't know what the scientific reasoning is but it seems to me that around that age they actually become aware of their surroundings a bit more and are very wary of anything that is not the norm.
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Posted: 09-11-07 10:12am

thats how Serenity is still right now. if she cant see me she screams like its the end of the world. on a good day if she is playing and does not see me slip away she is fine untill she notices i am gone
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Posted: 09-11-07 10:19am

Alyvia is a major mommy's girl. She panics when she's not with me unless she's in a mega good mood, and that's only if she's with someone she knows and trusts.
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Posted: 09-11-07 10:44am

i thought finn would be like that because we spend all our time together, but he's totally not. he'll go to anyone, even a complete stranger, and he's always all smiles. if i'm holding him and someone else comes up he'll reach out for them so they take him.

maybe he's sick of me since we're always together!
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Posted: 09-11-07 11:46am

Bridget, I doubt that little finnis sick of you. My niece is with my sil all day long. She doesn't work (must be nice). That baby was 3 months old before she spent one hour away from the baby and my mom babysat while she went to the doctor.

She sometimes lets me hold her, but she has to be in a good mood, or she will put out that lip. Which is pretty cute by the way!!

We have a friend that has a little boy that is 3 weeks younger than my niece and he loves going to other people. He opens his arms like Finn.

I guess all babies are different and have a different safety net.
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