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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter is almost 15 months and so far has been pretty good with goodbyes, separation, etc. Much better than her little friends - and I have attributed that to the fact that I have worked PT since she was about 5 months, so she was used to leaving me. In the past two weeks, though, things have gotten really bad. She absolutely FLIPS OUT if I leave her- even if I leave the side of the room she is on, etc. I took her to the gym day care for the first time and she screamed and was basically convulsing on the floor for a half hour in hysterics until they paged me. (I did not realize this was happening or I would not have let it go for a half hour).

What can I do to make this a little better? I can stop trying to push it with things like gym day care, but I do have to leave to go to work and I would also like to continue to leave her with her live-in nanny a couple nights each week (usually 2) so I can get some alone time as my DH travels for work most nights. This is just for an hour or two before bed when I leave her at night- and I only work two mornings per week so that is not excessive either.

I have noticed that the experts say that I need to make sure to say goodbye to her, or that she will stop trusting me, but saying goodbye makes things soooo much worse in the short term. I will continue to do that though if it is best for the long term.

Anything else I should or should not be doing?

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