Well, I think we’ve entered the “separation anxiety” phase. In the past few weeks, Jake realizes when I leave the room and he is left alone. He immediately starts to cry. And it’s not the “fake” crying. It’s the full blown, real tears crying. Last weekend I had to vacuum while holding him because every time I would step away he would get so upset.
I knew this would be coming and I knew it would be hard for me to handle when it happened at day care. Usually when I drop Jake off, he’s engaged in conversation with other kids at day care or is playing with toys. He’s always been fine with me leaving him, until yesterday.
Jake was sitting on the mat playing and conversing with another child. Before I leave him, I always sit down and talk to him for a minute and then tell him bye. Yesterday morning he was giggling and seemed to be fine. I got up, walked to the door and could hear him crying. I turned to see what was wrong. In an attempt to come after me, he had gotten on his stomach, but hasn’t yet mastered crawling, so was flailing about trying to get to me. It was horrible. Luckily, Miss Kathy picked him up, started talking to him, and he was fine.
I hope this phase is short lived because I don’t think I can go through that every morning!
1 comment:
My 2.5 year old hasn't done that... yet. She does do this sad face, reach out arms, and say "I want you," at the most inopportune times (bedtime, time to go to work, etc... It melts the heart but you have to keep in mind that they're the best at the Jedi/Toddler Mind Trick.
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