separation anxiety/stranger danger!

Bella has been having a little bit of separation anxiety/cries when someone other than DF or me holds her. Her bottom lip drops and starts crying. She even does it when I hold her but someone is talking to her close up. I hope it dosnt last as it can make social situations a bit stressful for all. Any one had this? How long did it last?

ETA: She used to be happy to go to anyone.

Edited by Topsy

Spencer went through a stage of this he even started crying when I was holding him and people spoke to him and it also happened around the 5 month mark it coincided with him start waking at night again and at the plunket visit they said it was normal for that age as they go through some developmental changes at 5 months and the seperation anxiety is part of it cos it is only now that they really understand that when they wake up they are alone or that some people are strangers and others they know and are safe with. Just bear with it and soon she will get over it.
Spencer is now and little weary and reluctant to smile at new people but is fine once he has been around them a bit or with people he sees often, like the ladies from coffee group etc.

Thanks for that cuppatea! I feel much better about it now. My poor granny though is upset that she bought Bella a nice jacket from PP and Bella said thanks by crying at her! She blamed the dog at upsetting her (Bella looooves the dog)

yip sounds very normal. Ella goes through stages like this and still does. We figured out that she gets really clingy whenever she reaches a major developmental milestone and then a couple weeks later goes back to normal and she is happy for other people to hold/cuddle her. When she is super clingy the only people she will hold her are DH & I- she is happy to smile at other people, but only in the safety of our arms.

Don't worry it will pass...

Kylah did this from about 4 weeks to about 4 months! Noone could hold her she would scream blue murder, not even my mum could. Made things sooo hard. But she just got over it one day.. It will pass trust me. I never thought it would but it does.

Yup I've had this with Jaymie from about 5 months and she is heaps better now, but still prefers only DH and I and her grandparents and close Aunties & Uncles to hold her - other people get the cold shoulder! She is nine months now.