My 11 month old is driving me crazy!!

@rosey3223 (1566)
United States
December 15, 2006 3:51am CST
I know that this sounds kinda mean, but he is!!! I can't go anywhere in the house without him following me and then screaming his butt off if I-according to him-go the wrong way. But that really isn't what happened to make me write this. What happened is that I was finishing up the rest of this meat that was cooked for tomorrow's dinner, and he was standing at my feet NOT letting me go for the world and the whole time all he was doing was screaming!!! He just clung on to my pants for what seemed like dear life as if I was going to leave and then started screaming if I had to make him let go because I needed to get to the sink. All I was doing was walking back and forth from the stove to the sink and he was acting as if I was breaking every bone in his body. And the topper to the cake is that his Uncle who is staying with us has to sleep in the living room, and so here I am at 3:30 in the friggin morning trying to take care of this food and also my son so that he doesn't wake his Uncle up!! I don't know how the guy does it, but he sleeps through a lot of my son's screaming...I feel so bad!!! I never had to go through this with my oldest. When he was that age he could care less what I was doing, just as long as he found me when he wanted me. This one starts screaming if I go around him just to get from the kitchen to the living room!! This is so new to me, and I feel that I am not doing ok. My baby is happy, I know that because I can just look at him and he smiles the biggest smiles, but it seems as if he is afraid that I am going to leave somewhere without him!!! Ugh, this is so FRUSTRATING!!!
3 responses
• Nigeria
16 Dec 06
i guess your child really loves you
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@rosey3223 (1566)
• United States
16 Dec 06
LMAO!! He definitely does!! I think that he is the most loving baby I have seen or met in a long time. I just hope that in time he gives me more space than he does now!!! LoL!!
@ninableu (19)
• United States
15 Dec 06
lol, sorry but laughter is the best way to get through the rough times. I feel for you!
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@rosey3223 (1566)
• United States
15 Dec 06
I would laugh...but I am too busy trying to refrain from pulling my hair out. I am sure that I will 20 years from now and can tell his girlfriend or whatever what a booger he was. Thanks for the support!!
@Foxxee (3651)
• United States
15 Dec 06
When you feel frustrated because your baby is crying and wont leave you alone, then I think it's time to take a time out. Stop what your doing and see what might be bothering your baby. Sometimes it just take a few minutes to calm our baby. Once the baby is calm, then you can go back to doing what you were doing. Cooking, cleaning and all that stuff can wait. It's always better to make sure the baby is calm before starting something. My son is also 11 months old and he likes to fallow me everywhere and loves to hold on to my legs. He is always under my feet. When my son is acting clingy, I stop what I'm doing and I take the time to hold him. Most times he falls asleep within 20 minutes. Sometimes all they want is that one little extra touch.
@rosey3223 (1566)
• United States
15 Dec 06
Don't get me wrong, please don't, but I do all of that all the time!! He is very clingy...very, very clingy, and I do stop what I am doing. From the time he was born, he wasn't happy unless someone was holding him. I just can't do that all the time. And I do believe in letting them have some sort of freedom to roam and explore, he just refuses to do that unless I am there. And about putting him to sleep, I do that too, he is just up two hours later. Most of the time it does not bother me, but tonight I guess I just got fed up with it because it seems that I cannot get anything accomplished.