Toddler cries when I ring/video call anyone

So recently my toddler has started to cry everytime I'm on the phone or a video call to a family member. She used to love seeing my sisters and her cousins via video call but now the moment I call, she just screams and tells me to say bye. Now it's getting really bad to the point where even if I go to a different room to speak to them, she starts crying. I feel like I can't make a phone call when she's awake because she'll just get upset but equally it's upsetting for me because I feel so isolated. I'm a single mum and sometimes I just need to speak to my sisters or a friend to vent especially when I'm having a bad day buy she's not allow me to do this. I can't even do this when she's napping as she literally naps for 45mins and that's when I need to cook/clean and if I do find spare 5 mins, I'm worried ilwake her up as that's happened before. She's a light sleeper so the slightest noise wakes her up. Any advice please?

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I’m sorry I don’t have any advise really I too feel like this but it’s been always ever since they Wer a newborn mine are twins so I have constantly always felt like this … I get blamed as I don’t answer Fones but this is one of the main reasons I stopped talking to ppl as every time I pick up that fone they will scream both of them as if they don’t get time together with me but I’m a stay at home mum who spends entire day with them alone home so I didn’t know what to do .. now they r two and it’s slight better but I do have to lie to them sometimes if it’s a important call like … “I m just gona go toilet be good boys …”
Ps my fone will be in sleep mode for naps/sleep times when they are sleeping as I don’t want to be disturbed when all I have Is 1 hr each day were I need to get everything else done which can’t be done with them like eating my 1 a day meal ….

My kids are both really naughty as soon as my phone rings. Drives my crazy. Don't have any advice though, just solidarity

I haven’t experienced this so this is just an idea but I wonder if it’s the fact your attention is suddenly moved away from her? Might be an idea to have a ‘special/exciting’ toy box that only comes out when you need to make a call? Something to distract her but also seen as a treat? Might make her see the phone calls as a good thing for her too and you need to be able to speak to people other than your toddler!

Can you not distract her with the tablet/television for 20 mins when you make your calls?

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