Anyone else in the depths right now😭

lol same over here to a T of what you’ve said. Except add on if I don’t do what he wants in 0.000000001 second expect him to go from whinging to full on meltdown. I think he’s just very in touch with his emotions tbh my boy. Doesn’t make me any less over stimulated especially when he’s learnt that grabbing my hair with both hands putting his forehead on mine and me trying to stop him makes him cackle with laughter. Think I birthed the devil tbh X
I joke I love him loads but yes it’s a difficult stage to say the least. Hoping it is a phase and does get better

Separation anxiety is a developmental leap, and to add teething in there... Oof, I'm sorry.
It honestly sounds normal.
Playing peekaboo helped a lot with my baby, but YMMV as all babies are different.
I can tell you, it is just a phase. Unfortunately, separation anxiety is one of those things that's like on and off and it can last up to 5 yo, and you won't know where your baby fits until it's all done.
It will pass, though!

Sending solidarity because my 8 month old baby is exactly the same. She’s on her last day of antibiotics for a throat infection and she’s gone from the happiest baby to crying the second I try and put her down 😭 it’s exhausting. I don’t know whether she’s still just feeling a bit poorly or like you say, separation anxiety/development leap. Don’t remember this stage with my first but it may well have happened 😅 x

Yup that's the age where separation anxiety is starting as a normal development phase but combined with teething and feeling poorly they do seek comfort a lot more. My little one went through something similar when she was last ill. It's eased up a little since she's recovered but she still cries with every drop off at the childminder and I'm still the go to person for all her comfort needs. When she's tired and grumpy she just wants me and nobody else, sometimes I just have to baby wear to get things done.