Ok... so I did a search about this but all I'm finding is info on separation anxiety for parents and their children.
Basically right now I have 3 that are about the same age. 2 of them just turned 1 on 3/5 and the other is supposed to be 1 next month 4/13. One of the 1 year olds I've had for about 5 months (who is my worst offender)... and the other two I have had since they were 6 & 7 weeks old.
Basically they are all going through a severe separation anxiety thing. I think the 1 year old girl instigates it and the other two follow suit more or less. EVERY SINGLE TIME i leave the room she start's this blood curdling hysterical panic like screaming. She crawls to the gate and shakes it while shrieking and she is LOUD. She is very dramatic and emotional anyway. She does the same thing if you even calmly tell her "no" or "uh uhh" or redirect her to a toy if she's doing something she shouldn't be. Completely flips out over anything and everything. There is no fussing with her. Everything is a snot absorbed ridiculous ordeal.
Once the boys see and hear what's going on they join in. It is literally every single time I leave the room for any period of time. Taking out the stinky diaper pail. Making lunch. Getting one of the other kids up. Getting the phone. As soon as she sees me starting for the gate she completely flips out.
If I come back in and sit down.... they are all fine. They go about their day. It is just driving me absolutely bonkers though. I try so hard not to give into it because I feel like giving into it only encourages the behavior but the way she screams it just builds my anger if I let it go and try to ignore it. I've started putting her in her pack and play in her nap room every time and she's actually fine if I leave her in that alone. She calms right down and I don't hear a peep. I'll go get her after she's calmed down after awhile. I don't know what it is. The boys are usually fine if she's not in the room. They usually are only like that on their own if they are hungry and I leave but as soon as it's her freaking out they all go into complete hysterics.
I know they go through these phases but I am just about at the end of my rope with it. I just feel like she is in hysterical mode all day every day. Two of them are pretty clingy but she is excessively clingy. None of them at this point are bothered when their parents drop them off.
I guess I should be flattered but I'm really not...
AT ALL.
Basically right now I have 3 that are about the same age. 2 of them just turned 1 on 3/5 and the other is supposed to be 1 next month 4/13. One of the 1 year olds I've had for about 5 months (who is my worst offender)... and the other two I have had since they were 6 & 7 weeks old.
Basically they are all going through a severe separation anxiety thing. I think the 1 year old girl instigates it and the other two follow suit more or less. EVERY SINGLE TIME i leave the room she start's this blood curdling hysterical panic like screaming. She crawls to the gate and shakes it while shrieking and she is LOUD. She is very dramatic and emotional anyway. She does the same thing if you even calmly tell her "no" or "uh uhh" or redirect her to a toy if she's doing something she shouldn't be. Completely flips out over anything and everything. There is no fussing with her. Everything is a snot absorbed ridiculous ordeal.
Once the boys see and hear what's going on they join in. It is literally every single time I leave the room for any period of time. Taking out the stinky diaper pail. Making lunch. Getting one of the other kids up. Getting the phone. As soon as she sees me starting for the gate she completely flips out.
If I come back in and sit down.... they are all fine. They go about their day. It is just driving me absolutely bonkers though. I try so hard not to give into it because I feel like giving into it only encourages the behavior but the way she screams it just builds my anger if I let it go and try to ignore it. I've started putting her in her pack and play in her nap room every time and she's actually fine if I leave her in that alone. She calms right down and I don't hear a peep. I'll go get her after she's calmed down after awhile. I don't know what it is. The boys are usually fine if she's not in the room. They usually are only like that on their own if they are hungry and I leave but as soon as it's her freaking out they all go into complete hysterics.
I know they go through these phases but I am just about at the end of my rope with it. I just feel like she is in hysterical mode all day every day. Two of them are pretty clingy but she is excessively clingy. None of them at this point are bothered when their parents drop them off.
I guess I should be flattered but I'm really not...

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