I subscribed to BabyCentre UK for weekly development for my babies but I hardly read it. I used to read it every week when I have only one child, now with another 2, I assume everything is the same. However, my husband still reads it. Here’s what he found out about 8 months old babies.

“If you asked many babies of this age what their ideal world would be like — and they could tell you — their answer would probably be a world in which their primary caregiver never, ever left their side. Some people call these babies clingy, others call them demanding… and they are demanding. If you leave the room to go to the loo, they cry piteously. If you go into the garden to hang out some laundry, they whine until you come back. If your baby is like this, remember that the best ways of helping him through this anxious phase are to understand his concerns: he really, truly does not know if you will ever come back, once you are out of his sight. To help him feel confident about your coming and going, and to reassure him that you will always come back, never slip away when he isn’t looking. If he knows that you could vanish at any moment, he may well become even more anxious…”

That is my Barnabas. Now I understand the reason he is so so clingy. Next time, before leaving his sight, I will talk to him and let him know where I’m going and keep him within my sight. I just hope he won’t cry so much if he sees me.


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