Amanda has been having problems with stranger anxiety for several weeks now. Pretty much the only person she will go to is me or Charlie, and sometimes not even Charlie. The bummer of this, is that we spent the last two weeks with my family. Everybody wanted to hold her and kiss her and love her, and she wanted nothing to do with it. It took her five days to warm up to my dad, and as soon as she was comfortable around him we left for Chicago. We were in Chicago for four days and it wasn't until the last day that she would willingly go to my sister-in-law. It's pretty normal at this age to stick close to mom and dad, but it's hard to travel and visit with people when you can't put the baby down and can't share her with others.
After Charlie left us with my parents on July 4th, we didn't see him for almost two weeks. The kids were so excited to see him when he came back to my parent's house on Friday, except for Amanda. She looked at him like she had never seen him before. When I tried to hand her to Charlie she clung to me and would not let go. She was like that for most of the day and finally warmed up to him by bedtime. It was really weird. I'm not sure what the issue was. I don't think she was punishing him for leaving her for so long, she seemed like she genuinely didn't know who he was. Shady character.
Whatever her reason, she worked it out. I'm hoping after being introduced to so many people over the last couple of weeks, friends and family, that she will be a little more open to new people moving forward. Especially since we have a large family reunion next week and our annual Myrtle Beach trip the week after that. More people, more love for the baby.
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