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Lord Mandy's Mother has ruined McKenzie!
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 529935" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I really HOPE she's not carrying her around all the time, never putting her down! My sister-in-law was a stay at home mom and she DID <em><strong>ruin</strong></em> my middle nephew for a very long time by doing that! He's 22 months younger than his older brother. He was a sensitive, needy baby anyway and wanted to be held all the time, not easy when you have another toddler to care for too. He'd cry when she put him down so she literally carried that child around until he was well past two years old and their third child was on the way! She learned to do everything one-handed, cooking, washing dishes or vacuuming with her right hand while juggling him on her left hip! If she put him down long enough to go to the bathroom, he'd be crying and pounding on the bathroom door! Of course bedtime was a nightmare, trying to peel him off of her and get him to stay in his own bed! And going somewhere with out him was not an option. They had never been left with a sitter! So since the kids knew me so well, she started slipping out to a neighbors house in the evening while I stayed with the kids. He'd spend the first hour hiding behind a living room chair crying for his mother while I tried to entice him out with cookies or toys or games! He is now a 40-year-old officer in the Navy with two kids of his own so eventually he did detach, but it was along time coming. For a while there we had visions of her carrying him up to receive his diploma at graduation! Morale of the story ... if this is happening and doesn't appear to just be that normal "clingy stage", put a stop to it now before it gets entirely out of hand!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 529935, member: 1883"] I really HOPE she's not carrying her around all the time, never putting her down! My sister-in-law was a stay at home mom and she DID [I][B]ruin[/B][/I] my middle nephew for a very long time by doing that! He's 22 months younger than his older brother. He was a sensitive, needy baby anyway and wanted to be held all the time, not easy when you have another toddler to care for too. He'd cry when she put him down so she literally carried that child around until he was well past two years old and their third child was on the way! She learned to do everything one-handed, cooking, washing dishes or vacuuming with her right hand while juggling him on her left hip! If she put him down long enough to go to the bathroom, he'd be crying and pounding on the bathroom door! Of course bedtime was a nightmare, trying to peel him off of her and get him to stay in his own bed! And going somewhere with out him was not an option. They had never been left with a sitter! So since the kids knew me so well, she started slipping out to a neighbors house in the evening while I stayed with the kids. He'd spend the first hour hiding behind a living room chair crying for his mother while I tried to entice him out with cookies or toys or games! He is now a 40-year-old officer in the Navy with two kids of his own so eventually he did detach, but it was along time coming. For a while there we had visions of her carrying him up to receive his diploma at graduation! Morale of the story ... if this is happening and doesn't appear to just be that normal "clingy stage", put a stop to it now before it gets entirely out of hand! [/QUOTE]
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