Stranger Anxiety

Today is the first Mother's Day i celebrated wid my mummy. =)) It's 11th May 2008, and on tis normal Sunday morning we went to the church. As usual at church i get to see lots of other children, toddlers and babies. Mummy said i had started to develop a stage called 'stranger anxiety'. Few weeks ago when we went back to Kuching, mummy had start to notice tat i'm uncomfortable being around strangers.... the worst part of this stranger anxiety for me was tat i'm even afraid of my own grandparents and relatives.

Then tis morning when mummy let another fren carried me, I started to cry. At first when tis auntie carried me in her arms, I was still okie. But when i saw my daddy, then i started crying. Probably because i finally realised it was someone else carrying me at that moment. So after awhile when tis auntie picked me up again, she quickly carried me outdoor. Hmm... maybe if i din see my mummy or daddy, i'll be quite okie. But it doesn't work. I started wailing a few moments later, and she rushed back in to look for mummy or daddy. ;))

How naughty I was! I juz don't want to be separated from mummy or daddy. ;))

Jayden's mummy: "Maybe because my baby is with me almost every single moment, and whenever i'm absent or no where to be seen within his sight, he starts to panic. I've read tat it's normal for babies to develop stranger anxiety. Tis is because at this stage, they realised tat there is only ONE mummy and oso only ONE daddy in the whole wide world. How sweet it sounds!

Well, it's kinda sweet tat's my baby is clingy to me, but at times it can be quite difficult as well. Like for example, our last visit back to Kuching, things were really so hard. Ah Den juz didn't want to be left alone. When i put him in his cradle or Esther's cradle, he'll start to notice if i'd leave him. If i simply took one step away from the cradle, he'll start to whimper. Experts say to try to tolerate with tis sensitive reaction from babies. Don't force ur babies to 'get used to' strangers. In fact, learn to protect ur baby from too much exposure.

Another wonderful thing he had learnt about 3 weeks ago back in Kuching (7mths old) was to start babbling. He would say "ta-ta-ta-ta" repeatedly, and no more "ang koo" now. Haha... even when he cries for 'milk-milk', he'll follow his cries wid "ta-ta-ta-ta te-te-te" and it really sounded as if he's complaining! ;)) So funny to listen to him doing tis."