Making Strange??

Cadyboo

Little boy is 4 months old and when anyone comes near him he screams and cries. Is fine with people he sees all the time but when we have visitors or if I visit someone he loses it. He will occasionally go to someone but only if he can see me or his dad. He is especially bad with his uncle whom he loved!! His uncle cannot even speak in the room without him bawling.

Any ideas of how I can help him overcome this?? Am afraid to leave him with anyone in case he goes mad for them.

Supercell

Very interested in this too. My mother (who had four of us!) was a little surprised the other day that our four month old would let her carry him and play with him without making strange at all.
She said some children never do it and others wont let anyone bar mum go near them and its different for every baby. Her opinion (maybe old fashioned) was that its was just something you had to cope with on a child by child basis.

pwurple

Normal development as far as I know. He is starting to know the different between familiar and strangers at 4 months. It will ease off itself in a few weeks. You will probably see it again around 9 or 10 months.

bulmersgal

Supercell wrote: »

Very interested in this too. My mother (who had four of us!) was a little surprised the other day that our four month old would let her carry him and play with him without making strange at all.
She said some children never do it and others wont let anyone bar mum go near them and its different for every baby. Her opinion (maybe old fashioned) was that its was just something you had to cope with on a child by child basis.

My 2 year old does this now, she gets little bit shy with new people but really she's sussing (sp) them out. I find if I just tell people to leave her after a few minutes she will come around and talk n play with people. It's hard for her when people come over and start talking to her especially if we in a unfamiliar place or somewhere we hadn't been in couple of weeks hth