Hello! My baby girl is 4 months old, she is a chatty happy baby during the day... as long as she has my undivided attention. (I say during the day as we have a well established bed time routine that works for us at the moment).I'm not exaggerating when I say that. During the day she has to sleep on me, if I put her down once she's sleeping so I can go do some housework or anything else, she'll wake and scream. If I put her in her play mat or seat, I have to sit with her and play with the toys to stop her getting upset. I obviously have no issue doing this for the most part, but what this means is I can get nothing else done.If I sit her in her seat and put her in view of me with her toys, or even laid back and asleep, while I try and clean/cook/sew/read/give the dogs attention, she will scream like a miniature banshee. I always make sure her needs are met before anything else, she's fed, dry and burped, and any teething pain addressed, before I even attempt to put her down. But she will cry and scream in what looks and sounds like rage. Her head will be so wet from tears and sweat you'd swear someone had waterboarded my baby.The moment I pick her up she'll melt into me and nuzzle into my neck, I can feel the relief roll off her that she has my attention back. It's lovely. However, I do not get a moment to myself. The only time I can sit without her is at MILs, where she'll be fussed over by my SO's family. When my SO is home she is still all for me, so he'll try to pick up my slack with the housework instead. He means well, but he doesn't do it right (read, the way I would do it), and not having our home in the order I like is getting me down.I am writing this with my sleeping daughter draped across me following a mega scream while I rushed to give the bathroom a clean. I can't shower without the sound of screaming. I can't eat my dinner until after I've put her to bed, I eat my lunch with one hand while holding her.Has anyone else had a very clingy mummy's girl or boy? How did/do you manage to get things done? Did your baby chill out? What can I do to help my baby cope with me giving attention to other things sometimes? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2ggRxFK
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