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my 3yr old follows me!
And i mean, follows me around the house, inches from my **rse! Sounds trivial, but its driving me absolutely crazy. It makes me feel claustrophobic. Also, i keep tripping over her everytime i walk in and out of a room. I end up losing the plot and shouting at her, but she doesnt seem to realise what it is shes doing wrong. I can't exactly tell her off 4 it can I.
Does anyone else have this problem... do they grow out of this following phase? If so, WHEN!!
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But I did read somewhere that at appoximately 3 years of age a child goes through insecurities and is constantly 'panicking' if mummy or daddy aint around, so therefore they follow you around seeking reassurance that you aint gonna bu88er off for good!
Apparently they do grow out of it pretty quickly (if that's any consolation :-)
Grin and bear it.......lol
There's a lot of similarity in dog training and child training. You can google for "separation anxiety" to get ideas, but the basic idea is to get her to spend very short amounts of time alone doing something interesting and then reward her. So it might go something like "I'd like you to sit here and look at your new colouring book while I fill the kettle, then we can choose some colours together". Then gradually increase the time, but she will have to have a defined "task" to do and a good time with you afterwards.
One thing that helped my son was when I told him what I was going to be doing for the two or three minutes I was away - putting away the washing etc.
Good luck.
Yep, that sounds just like mine. Mostly I manage because
I know its a phase and will pass.
I've come to the conclusion not to expect much less.
I take opportunities for other people to have him.
There are times when I feel I could throw him out of the window, especially when I've got to do something and he's hindering me.
Hang on it will soon be over.