Some family history... we have severely anxious family members on both sides. Also on both sides we have at least one immediate family member who has had to stop a very high paying career due to having a complete break down. Thankfully, I don't have this... although DH does have some issues with this but they are controllable.
I say this because I guess I am somewhat concerned about DD. She's always had a lot of separation anxiety. It started at about 4/5 months old. It's never really gone away. It took her over a month to get used to her babysitter (we had constant crying, which lead to throwing up) but it was necessary evil due to work reasons.
At night NO ONE else can try and put her back to sleep besides me, otherwise she starts throwing up almost immediately. Just last week I was in the bathroom so DH tried to calm her while i finished and she threw up all over the bed. Obviously, we're never able to go out at night because of this because this has certainly not been a one time occurrence...
She's never been able to stop herself once she gets into these panic modes and they almost always end up with her throwing up. Sometimes nursing will help but she hates to be cuddled/rocked (if she's in a good mood and it's her idea she'll do it but that's it).
If everything is in perfect working order she's a very happy, wonderfully friend child. But... if something is off, watch out (she has a lot of things that can trigger her freaking out: bugs, certain clothes, messy hands, etc.)! I can normally stop her from flipping out in public if we hurry home or distract her or what not. But it's more of the sleep thing... oh and she used to get REALLY freaked out by her carseat, the same uncontrollable tantrums the second she entered it. She's better now, mostly because she's forward facing (she's too tall for rear facing).
I guess, I wonder how much is normal? Especially considering the family history that we have, when would something show up?
I say this because I guess I am somewhat concerned about DD. She's always had a lot of separation anxiety. It started at about 4/5 months old. It's never really gone away. It took her over a month to get used to her babysitter (we had constant crying, which lead to throwing up) but it was necessary evil due to work reasons.
At night NO ONE else can try and put her back to sleep besides me, otherwise she starts throwing up almost immediately. Just last week I was in the bathroom so DH tried to calm her while i finished and she threw up all over the bed. Obviously, we're never able to go out at night because of this because this has certainly not been a one time occurrence...
She's never been able to stop herself once she gets into these panic modes and they almost always end up with her throwing up. Sometimes nursing will help but she hates to be cuddled/rocked (if she's in a good mood and it's her idea she'll do it but that's it).
If everything is in perfect working order she's a very happy, wonderfully friend child. But... if something is off, watch out (she has a lot of things that can trigger her freaking out: bugs, certain clothes, messy hands, etc.)! I can normally stop her from flipping out in public if we hurry home or distract her or what not. But it's more of the sleep thing... oh and she used to get REALLY freaked out by her carseat, the same uncontrollable tantrums the second she entered it. She's better now, mostly because she's forward facing (she's too tall for rear facing).
I guess, I wonder how much is normal? Especially considering the family history that we have, when would something show up?
