So Laila has been more and more needy lately. At first I was thinking it was because her top two teeth are coming in, but they are mostly it now and she is still acting the same. A lot of the time it is not enough for me to be in the same room with her anymore, I have to be on the floor and she has to be in my lap. If I leave the room she cries. The only time this is not true is for a short period in the morning after she first wakes up when she is the happiest. I was doing some research and apparently it is separation anxiety. Which apparently can last until she's 24 months. Or, you know, until she's a teenager. Good God help me. It is so exhausting! Especially because now I am back in school (getting my masters in social work) and my husband is going back to school (getting his undergrad degree) as well as working, so we both have a lot of work to do... and my husband is gone more than I am and has more homework than I do (well, I have class once a week he has it five days a week, so his needs to be done sooner than mine) so I am the one doing the majority of the child-care right now. I have trouble getting what work I do have done because she is so needy! I don't know how I would handle the work load if I had more than two classes at the moment and was working more consistently.
Does anyone have any advice? Does anyone have a more concrete answer to when the worst of this might be over?
In other, more exciting news, she is pulling herself up into the standing position now (she started about two weeks ago actually) and is so proud of herself because of it. She has also been eating more 'real' food, so to speak. That is, non-pureed food. She really enjoys getting to feed herself, which is wonderful. I am encouraging what little independence she has and feels comfortable with.
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