Separation anxiety

Help!! Since around 4 months my now 8 month old has had separation anxiety. He is absolutely fine if I leave him with my husband but anyone else is a no go! Any tips?! He is going to nursery in January and I want to try and nip it in the bud. Thank you!

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I'm in the same boat. My SIL had him for 45 mins and he cried the whole time 😭. Nursery starts in January, but I feel I need to leave him with friends to build up to it.

Same boat, the only person my little one is okay staying with is my partner or mum for a few hours. Generally she is better when she's out of the house, when she's at home she gets upset if we have visitors who she's less familiar with. Hoping that being out of the house and all of the distractions at nursery make the transition easier. Have you got any settling in days at the nursery planned?

Thank you both! He has settling in mornings but I’m dreading them! I’m slowly starting to leave him with friends/family but even my mum he just screams. He is a lot better if they do something out of the house though. I’m not worried about leaving him, more that I worry that he will scream for other people! X

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