That's me. At least that's what I'm trying to do. Yes, Julia is clingy. She wants to be held, oh, every three minutes or so. It's nearly impossible to get anything done. When she was a newborn I accepted clinginess as a part of her development. I would internally instruct myself "give yourself over to this, nothing is going to get done, and that's okay." Now a year later I'm finding it far more difficult to give myself over to meet her needs. And like I wrote yesterday, this is new to me, so I don't know how to provide her with appropriate boundaries.
It seems almost ridiculous to be complaining about her separation anxiety. Any google search would provide me with a list of people far more deserving of sympathy that I. Whining is genetic for me though.
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Some of the clinginess could be that Craig and Grace have disappeared into their schedules after a long trip away plus the upset of recent days. I can relate to the feeling, though, from days long gone! It does pass...
Please tell me again, it will pass! I know it will; it just doesn't feel that way right now!
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