20mo DS is a bit of a mummy?s boy. When he was under 1yo he basically cried all year unless I picked him up, and with my nerves on the edge I took the ?easy? way out, picked him up, and basically went through life doing everything one-handed with a baby on the hip. So DH helpfully likes to remind me that now I only have myself to blame! Whatever.
Now DS is a bit older he?s not totally clingy but he always wants me. He LOSES IT if I pick up another child younger than him, in response I try to introduce him to the other child and get him to say hello, but DS just tries to attack them and is inconsolable until I leave the other child alone and spend a long time reassuring him. If DS is being told off by DH he comes running to me as though I'm going to go easy on him (I don?t).
I think DS sees himself as the only baby in my world and that I will always allow him to be a baby. But that is reading an awful lot into the mind of a toddler, isn?t it?!
He has a big sister, they get along fine, zero jealousy incidents between them.
I know it?s not the most serious problem in the world but I feel like my own behaviour to date has probably made things worse, so right now I don?t trust my own instincts. Any thoughts? Or good books on the issue?
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cheeseycharlie · 29/04/2013 15:56
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