Separation anxiety
Separation anxiety
How do you recognise separation anxiety?
What is this crisis all about?
How can you help your baby?
Separation anxiety
At around eight months of age, your baby's character can suddenly change in a rather spectacular way : while he was sociable, smiling and accepted being carried in different people's arms, he now becomes unsociable, cries easily in the presence of unfamiliar people and finds it hard to cope with losing sight of you.
These changes in his behaviour are normal and nothing for you to worry about : indeed they bear witness to a key stage in the mental development of your baby known as "separation anxiety", or sometimes "fear of strangers" or "eighth month crisis". Your baby is simply growing up! Take a look at our advice to help him get through this delicate stage as serenely as possible.
