Only Mommy

My now 2 year use to do this to his grand mother all the time. It made me so sad and her feel upset as well but time alone with her and other family members helped. Now sometimes he will cling to them and not want mommy. Just give it time.

My daughter went through this, it's a phase. The easiest thing for me was to hand her to someone and leave the room. As long as she didn't see me, she was fine. She will get over it.

My pediatrician states that it is all about bonding. The bonding cycle is very stron during the first few months of life. It is very important to know that it is a old wives tal about spoiling infants. THey need to feel your touch. IT doesn't matter of it is you or dad she likes better, just make sure that she knwos that you are there whenever she does. It is very important to not make them stay in the arms of a person they yet to bond with. Pediatrician states it leads to anxiety and other fears later in development.

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I agree- completely normal! And pushing the issue will probably result in even extra clinginess. I worried about the same thing with my first child, but I just held him as much as I could. Now at 4 years old he is very independent and still securely attached.
Good luck ; )

I think that's probably the age where babies start realizing that she and mommy are not one person. I read somewhere that there's a point where they start realizing that they are a whole separate person. I think it's normal. Just give her some time to play by herself with no one holding her, and let Daddy take care of her for a little bit while you step out. That way you don't hear the cries, and she can't smell you (especially if you breastfeed). My baby could small me as soon as I walked into his room at his school when he was 2 months and would immediately cry for me even though he hadn't seen me yet. With you gone for a little bit, you get some "you" time and baby and daddy can bond a little more. Good luck!

My son was like this until maybe around 6 months old. I am also a stay at home mom and I think it is because you are the one that does most of the care taking of him. It's hard when they are crying, but try to let your husband do more of for her when he gets home from work. This will help her get use to having someone else take care of her and will help her learn that she can depend on daddy to take care of her also. Once she becomes a little more independant and playful, this stage will fade. She will realize that daddy and family and friends are fun people to play with too.

You will have to excuse the analogy, but understand that your 2 month old and a puppy being crate trained have a LOT in common! :o)
With puppies you will have to just listen to them whine for a while until they realize that there is nothing in the crate that will hurt them, and that you are still there.
You pass the child onto whoever is wanting a little visit with her, and if she cries, she cries. YES it is annoying at first, but chances are with a two month old- she knows that mommy will non-stop hold her, and she doesn't know about these "new people" she is being handed to.
You will soon enough learn in a few month, not only your daughter has a life grip of your hip, but she won't handle naptime very well either. NOW is a GREAT time to start leaving her in a crib to fall asleep for naps to start her on the routine that beds are for sleeping, not momma's arms (EVEN THOUGH IT HAS GOT TO BE THE BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD!)
Two parts of helpfulness here- 1.) frees you up to get other things done around the house, 2.) it helps long term to socializing your child, by teaching her that things are pretty safe outside of your arms.
MAN I remember these days and THANKFULLY I didn't mess that up! You will get through this and if you are ANYTHING like I am, you will find it hard as a mom to NOT hold them! KIDS ARE A BLESSING!!

I have a 3 1/2 month old and he started wanting only Mommy at about 2 months as well. I don't know whether it is separation anxiety but they certainly know their Mommies! At 3 1/2 months he still pretty much wants me, but what I've tried to do is plan to let others hold him right after he's eaten, which is when he's generally happiest and calmest. I've also consciously tried to put him down in the bouncy or swing or Bumbo a bit more, even if I'm staying right next to him so that he knows he can be away from me (but closeby!) yet still be happy and feel safe. Good luck - it won't last forever and remember soon they won't want you to always hold them and be squirming around and running around!

This is TOTALLY normal! Right now, she (smartly!) associates you with her survival. In other words, she knows you are the one to turn to when hungry, tired, wet, sad, etc. She will grow out of this in her own time. Don't try to force the issue or she can get scared and it can have the reverse effect of having her clinginess last for much longer and be more serious. This will resolve itself usually by the time she's 2yrs old. (I say this because the peak of true separation anxiety is 18 months old.) So, she may get used to other people holding her around 1yr and then revert back to wanting her mom for about 6 mo to a yr.

She will eventually learn to be okay with others holding her on her own! (I promise, I have 3 kids, my 9 yr old was VERY much a mama's child until he was around 2-3...it's normal, don't stress!)

My DD did that also. In her case, she was not feeling well and we didn't know it. She had GERD and being held by mommy was the best soother for her. My hubby had terribly hurt feelings and blamed me for turning her against him!!! But they both got over it. She now dearly loves her daddy and EVERYBODY ELSE! She just needed some medicine for her tummy and a little time. I do believe that baby's of this age are often very mommy bonded instinctually. There is nothing wrong with it and she will mature her world beyond mommy when she is ready. Feel free to email me if you have any questions.