Cries when sees other people

My 4.5mo son keeps hysterically crying (proper teary) when we have visitors over. As soon as he sees them he pauses and starts going red and tearfully crying. After a while later he jokes and smiles with them but as long as i’m holding him. He does this with my parents and husband’s parents and anyone who is not me or daddy. What could it be? Is it possibly separation anxiety? Worried he just won’t go to other people who wants cuddles and he’ll end up being fussy if i hand him to someone else.

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Same boat with my 3 month old 😅 She’ll be fine if she’s on the ground or us holding her and seeing new people. But for some reason if someone else is holding her and we’re there, she’ll flip out after a couple minutes It’s the strangest thing! Bc I don’t think separation anxiety hits til a lot later

My 2.5year old did this from about 3 months old and it was separation anxiety. We had to persevere with reassuring her with other people. As she got older we would show her pictures and talk about the people in them to get her used to them and even now I tell her who we are seeing etc but she has got much much better xx

@Lauren i don’t know what it is! I think he’s at the age where he recognises/remembers faces so i assume he’s so used to seeing mine and my husbands face but as soon as he sees someone new he has a bitch fit loool

@Jessica i thought it could be. Could it be due to not seeing other people a lot? I don’t take him out so much in the pram, probably once/twice a week. I hope he calms down with other people especially the grandparents the older he gets x

Yes it could be? My little girl was even sadly difficult going to grandparents for a period of time and she was also a bottle refuser so I think she was just extremely attached to me. I hope it gets better for you xx

My daughter is 5 months and has started doing this for the past month or so. She will go to her dad sometimes, but only when she’s in a good mood. But other than that she will not go to anyone who isn’t me 😫. My dad only said hello to her yesterday while I was holding her and omg world war 3 broke loose every time he attempted to say hello 🫣

My friend's kiddo did that too He still does that at times It takes him few hours to settle in But he still gives us death stares ☠️ Haha Ita just a baby thing They aren't used to meeting new faces and voicess

My little girl was like that. She’s 18 months now & doesn’t cry when being held anymore bc she can escape lol. She genuinely does not like being held by anyone other than me and her dad. She also doesn’t play with other adults and generally just runs away lol. Hang in there, it does get slightly better.

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