separation anxiety?

Things have changed since i first posted this question. Now when he cries NO ONE but me can keep him quiet. DH tries his best to give me a break but once Liam starts crying i have to take him or he will scream. The swing really helps when he is in a good mood.

I agree with Julz. babies are very perceptive and your baby may just be feeling your anxiety which in turn upsets him. That may be why dad calms him down ?

Jaqi is now 5 month sold (almost) and she is starting to show some signs of stranger/seperation anxiety. SHe cries when someone she does not know talks to her and she cries when she can't see me or dh :-)My son, Reuben was the same, also from pretty young (the "usual" age is about 8/9 months)showed signs of seperation anxiety.

Mmm, I think my baby use to just sleep anywhere at this age, so maybe in your case (just guessing) it might be a little too quiet... remember they could also hear in the womb. Or for me (a week or two later though) it was winds and I was having to hold my baby upright the whole time he was awake, at around six weeks he was a lot of work( I could'nt get any housework done), so I use to leave the mess and go visit with friends or family, since no one else seems to mind holding the baby..
My baby (heavy little bugger) did not like the sling.. urg!

I know all too well about separation anxiety. My LG still cries the minute i am out of sight! From the word go i had her in the baby sense sling and close to me day in day out. She was born in winter so it kept her snug and warm against my body. I could cook, clean, do my shopping while she slept peacefully in the sling. That was the upside of the sling, the downside is that she still wants to be on me. Now that she is starting to to cruise along furniture, i can put her down, but that doesn't mean i must be out of sight. This can be exhausting, but i just keep on reminding myself that hopefully this too shall pass

Just wanted to say thanks to reluctant mom for the tip about the rocker/swing. I bought 1 last weekend and it has saved my sanity!

Just wanted to say thanks to reluctant mom for the tip about the rocker/swing. I bought 1 this weekend and it has saved my sanity!

RM Liam likes to be rocked really hard. On monday we went to the clinic and dh was rocking him to keep him quiet and a lady came up to him and asked him why he's rocking baby so hard lol. I hope this phase passes soon because i'm already exhausted!