Clingy daughter

Does anyone else have a very clingy LO? My daughter doesn’t want to play on her own, she’ll either want me to play with her or wants to be sat on me or beside me. If I leave her for one second to get something she’ll cry or instantly follow me. She’s been like this on and off since being a baby. Thought it was a phase but she still seems to be the same.
My friends kids seem to be a lot more independent and less clingy so wondered whether anyone else can relate or if you had any advice?

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My lb constantly will say “mummy sitting down” and cry if I say I’m busy doing something else and that I’ll play with him in a little bit, even if I explain to him the sequence of events it still upsets him and he won’t play by himself unless I’m in the room so I feel you 100% and he has been the same since being small. Contact naps, can’t get himself to sleep etc

My teenager is still like this 😂

I do! He’s been like it since day 1, definitely just part of who he is. Always contact napped, fed/rocked to sleep, co-sleep etc. Also, always wants me close when playing, if I need to do anything he has to be in my arms!

Phew, glad I’m not alone. She also needs some form of contact when being put to bed 🙈. At this point it feels like she’s never going to grow out of it lol

Since birth my son has been like this and still is lol. I to thought it was a faze .. dreading how he’ll be at playgroup come november lol

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Idiot husband

I am fuuuuming. Livid. Hubby went out to the pub last night, not a problem, you deserve it after a long week at work.

We have a baby and toddler.. so I said, sleep in the other room, take our toddlers monitor, as I don’t want you to disturb the baby.

I wake up to my toddler screaming, WITH HIM SLEEPING THROUGH IT!!!! When I checked her camera she was crying for 8 minutes. She has been awake over an hour now because she fully woke herself up crying so much. Her words: ‘daddy didn’t come’

Needed a space to rant before I actually go and bop him on the bloody nose😡😡😡😡

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I was just giving her pieces off my slices. She kept a screeching until I gave her a slice of her own.

Edit: she ate one full slice and the toppings off a second

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