Toddler being away from parents
Hi! I am looking for some advice. I’m a SAHM and my son is 15, almost 16 months old. Anytime we go visit family, he will not let them hold him. We see them a couple times a month, but he screams and cries if they try to hold him.
His grandmas on both sides come over to our house at least once a week, and he does a little better with them, but even then when we are around other family members he won’t stay with them for more than about 5 minutes before crying for either his dad or me.
How were you able to help your child learn that other people are safe and okay? We are having the same issue at church in the nursery. He starts screaming and crying before we even get downstairs because he knows he is getting dropped off. Usually he cries for 30 minutes into the service before I get a message saying he is very upset, and I end up going to get him and calm him down but I have to fully step away from the kids zone!