Some experience very little separation anxiety while others become very distressed and require more time and attention to make adjustments (for instance my own
high need baby son's baby separation anxiety started full throttle only after a few months).
Not exact matches
I thought my daughter was an easy
baby, and then my
son was born and I realized, oh, she was a
high -
needs baby.
Immediately after dinner our
son needs his nightly bath, and while my wife is washing him and singing «
Baby Beluga,» I attempt to pick up the toys in the and vacuum under the
high chair (because lord, does it
need it).
Because of my
son being what Dr. Sears would call a
high need baby (a
baby who is particularly sensitive, strong willed and intense in character), my
son practically lived on me most of the first year.
And if raising eight children isn't enough on its own, the Sears family also draws from the experience of being blessed with both a
high -
need baby daughter and a
son with Down's Syndrome (read about my own
high need baby here).
Ever since my
son was born, he has always had a great
need for physical closeness and intense social contact (as an infant he was what in attachment parenting would be termed a
high need baby.)