"If you asked many babies of this age what their ideal world would be like — and they could tell you — their answer would probably be a world in which their primary caregiver never, ever left their side. Some people call these babies clingy, others call them demanding... and they are demanding. If you leave the room to go to the loo, they cry piteously. If you go into the garden to hang out some laundry, they whine until you come back. If your baby is like this, remember that the best ways of helping him through this anxious phase are to understand his concerns: he really, truly does not know if you will ever come back, once you are out of his sight. To help him feel confident about your coming and going, and to reassure him that you will always come back, never slip away when he isn't looking. If he knows that you could vanish at any moment, he may well become even more anxious..."
This is really true of Barnabas. Very clingy to the mother. At one time he is happily playing with a toy, then the minute the mother leaves him, he'll know and the crying or whining or sometimes sounds like wailing will start. Irritating at times. What to do except to just leave him like that and do our necessary stuff.
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