We went to the doctors on Saturday because Caleb was still congested and I told her about Caleb's 'episodes' at daycare. She reassured me that this is normal and that it's the start of "Separation Anxiety" which varies from baby to baby.
She told me that it's a phase that will pass (although it may last a couple of months). I asked her why the other babies there aren't going through the same thing and she joked that Caleb may be smarter than them in this regard since he's starting to realize what's going on and who's who. Upon further reading onto this subject in my many reference books about babies & parenting, it says that this phase can start around 7-8 months although the majority of babies go through this at 12 months. Some babies are lucky enough to not go through this at all. I asked the Doctor how long this could last, and she laughed and said 'up to a couple of months'....in the meantime, she agreeing with the advice of my co-worker, Kathy....since I can't do anything about it, I should just stop calling daycare during the day since it stresses me out....:)
I also asked whether this could be a result of me spoiling him with too much attention in the evenings & weekends and she said "No". Besides, we are parents and we're supposed to shower our babies with attention when we're with them.
I also asked whether I could do anything to help this transition in any way and she said that there are many lessons during a baby's development where they need to learn how to deal with things on their own and this is one of them. We can't help them learn for them.
I'm starting to understand how hard it was on my parents when I was young....
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1 week baby, 1 week -- and pLAY TIME!!! woo!
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