Well My girl is 5 months old and her name is Shannon, Shes ALWAYS been so good, sleeps through the night, naps at same time every day (ish) hardly ever crys... UNTILL NOW!! Urhgggg lol i CANT leave her for 30 seconds. she just screams untill she is almost sick, i mean i cant even go to the kitchen to put suming in the bin!! Is this just normal for a 5month old baby ??

She is breast fed so i do kinda understand that she wants me because im food... but shes never been like this before... Its gettin really hard work

Please any help would be grate

firstly welcome to the baby website forum.


is shannon teething? sometimes they get clingy when they are in pain.
or she might just be at the age when she realises she doesnt like to be alone, is she sitting yet? try and leave her in a safe place with a fave toy while u pop out the room, she will get used to it eventually

x im vicky btw, mum to 3 monsters! lol

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She could be teething as whenever Toby is cutting a tooth he becomes more 'wanting mummy' with him, not always cuddling him but just likes to know I'm there.

Hope it eases a little soon

xx

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I agree sounds like teething Lewis went through the same phase at about the same age too. Sounds easy to say but try and persevere things will get easier.

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could be teething or it could just be that she thinks your leaving her i went thru a similar thing with thomas tbh he still the same now ! he wakes up around 10 pm every nigh just to makes sure im still here lol this is really hard for me to break even if i go a loo or something he will start screaming down the place

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Have tryed expressing. can only get out about 3oz max!! gunnaa try an electric breast pump next. and she WILL NOT have a dummy lol. just very hard work atm and she's been teathing since she was 2months old. poor little mite x

Just be sure it wont last forever! They do grow out of it, whatever it is - whether loneliness or teething pain.

x