crying baby question.

[doomey!]

my son is 14 month's old, soemtimes he will cry for no reason, unless you give him attention.

I have tried ignoring him, but he will continue to cry until you give him attention (he does not need milk, nappy change or any of the basic baby basics), is it healthy for a baby to want this much attention, should I try soemthing to stop his attention seekign behaviour.

please help, confused dad.

[meltoadhall]

maybe he's lonely and just wants a cuddle a bit of reassurance from you

[Fairie]

yes he sounds like he just wants your attention, he will grow out of it, i couldn't do anything when my daughter was that age without her on my hip! but i have to say, she's 9 now and i miss those days!

[doomey!]

thanks for the replys, I figured maybe too much attention would be bad, but hey.. I suppose you only get one chance. :)

[simsfreq]

I don't think too much attention can be bad for your baby. In fact it helps strengthen the bond between parent and child

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_theory

is an interesting link, something that's covered in A level psychology. There are also extreme cases where babies who are cared for perfectly physically have actually died from lack of attention - emotional care or love. (This was years ago with orphaned babies in hospitals and is extremely rare now and doesn't happen in hospitals, at least in this country.)

[corraine]

The answers in the question, your little boy isn't crying for nothing he's crying because he's learnt that you respond to him when he cries, Children at this age get very clingy anyway it's their way of keeping themselves safe being with a familier adult who loves them. why not try doing little activities with him where you can get up when he is playing and go somewhere else in the room where he can still see you, and returning to him a couple of minutes later and engaging him in play again, this way he will learn to become more secure knowing that when you do leave him that you will return shortly.