Don't Leave Me!!!!

Well little B is going through a little bit of spearation anxiety at his age. WOW!! You know I really did not expect that too much since he has been going to a little school since he was 4 months old. But lo and behold around Month 11 something just changed. Our calm and happy baby began to raise the roof when we dropped him off places and left. One of those places being the church nursery!! Oh yes. It is just not fun being "those people". :)

Who wants to be THAT mom that brings her kid to the church nursery and he flips out in front of everyone? Yep, that was us around mid Aug. Good times!! All of a sudden he decided one day that he DID NOT want to be left alone...PERIOD! So we dealt with that for a couple of weeks in the nursery, and I think one Sunday he might have even cried through the entire service. What in the world. You know it is bad when you come back, and the ladies that are keeping him look totally frazzled. :( Oh...and he has been on a "stroller" ride for most of the service! That translates into "get that kid outta here!!" :)

So around Month 11 1/2 we had our first exposure to what separation/stranger anxiety is like, and I am not going to lie.......I was not a huge fan! :)

We still have bouts of it here and there when we go to new places...or when he just does not want either of us to leave him. Sometimes he does it around the house just to be a little bit of a pill I think. :) He will come up to us and just cling to our legs for dear life...and we are not going anywhere (just cooking dinner or something). :) Pure joy.

I know that it will all go away at some point..but the toddler years have already proven to be QUITE interesting in these last few weeks. Braden is definitely coming into a mind of his own...and there is no doubt about the fact that he WILL let you know what he thinks! :) Here's to more good times in the toddler years! :) I am sure this is only the beginning of my blog posts about this subject. :)