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Child Behavior (Expert Forum)
16 Month Old Screams if I stand up!
Answered by
Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Crisis Intervention
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
This forum is for questions and support regarding child behavior issues such: Child Discipline (behavior management), Normal Child Development, Parent-Child Communications, Social Development
16 Month Old Screams if I stand up!
by ftlil, Apr 01, 2005 12:00AM
My daughter is just turning 16 months. She is the sweetest child, as long as I don't leave her side. However, this only applies at home. If we are out somewhere, ANYWHERE other than home, she will wander off and not even look for me. She is a competent walker and can express herself very well. When we are home, I can do nothing. I have to sit on the floor with her, and if I so much as move an inch to get the remote, she screams. I cannot get up off of the floor, otherwise she throws herself at my feet and screams until she almost throws up. I have to do all of my housework with her on my hip ALL DAY LONG. I even have to take her in the bathroom with me and let her sit on my lap. I have created a monster! I have tried for a week to just let her cry, but it is not doing anything for her. She just screams until I put her in her crib, and then she falls asleep. When she wakes up, it is the same all over again. She has done this since she could sit up, so it is not an age thing. She does go to sleep on her own with no problem, and she is fine everywhere else but at home. My biggest worry is that she has psychological problems. Please help!
Doctor's Answer
by Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D., Apr 01, 2005 12:00AM
, Apr 01, 2005 12:00AM
All you can realistically do is respond in a reasonable way to your daughter's reaction. What you should do is carry on with whatever tasks you have to accomplsh and not cater to this reaction or go out of your way to pacify your daughter. Obviously with a child so young you are going to be very attentive to her and this is both normal and good. At the same time, it's reasonable that you will have to leave her side at times and you should certainly do so, regardless of the upset reaction. Rest assured that, over time, this reaction will abate, just don't expect it to do so overnight.
