No, I meant me,,,,,,,and you! I literally could not set her down for like, six months.....Argh!
I left her with a neighbor at six months, she foolishly took pity on me. She told me the child SCREAMED for almost two hours without ever stopping. Needless to say, I was never seperated from my child until she was closer to two!
Hi I'm new but I just love this thread. It actually makes me feel a little normal!
Thank you for posting this Incogneato! We could talk...
Unfortunately, when I tell other people, "I couldn't leave the house for the first five months" they stare at me and I can see they are thinking, "what kind of failure are you?" Speed ahead to 19 months when we took DD to Asia and it was a breeze because it was all new: she found the whole experience delightful - didn't even get jet lag.
I took my daughter to the supermarket when she was 4 months old, and a teenaged guy outside the store saw her, smiled, and said, "Hi baby!"
She freaked out: sobbed until she shook, buried her head in my shoulder, etc. The poor teenager was crestfallen. This shyness continued until she was past 2. It was so bad at daycare that other parents would deliberately look away from her. They knew from experience how she would react if they caught her eye.
My eldest son didn't cry like my daughter, but wouldn't talk to anyone he didn't know
extremely well until he was 2 1/2. I knew people who thought he didn't start talking until then! And he wouldn't stop talking at home.
My middle one, on the other hand, has always delighted in talking to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Val
