My 19-month-old is getting clingier than ever! I went away for a work-related travel to Bangkok for a week and when I came home, she made me feel she did not see me for a month! Sweet, I know, and I am cherishing every moment of it because I know those moments could be easily gone when she grows older!
She never wants to leave my side; she does not even allow me to go to the toilet to pee! She would run after me to the toilet and knocks the door heavily while loudly shouting ‘Mama’! She even wants to lay her head on my lap whenever I am in front of my laptop working (I sit on a sofa in front of a small table where my laptop is, so there’s plenty of space for her to lie down beside me on the sofa). Often, she would squeeze herself in between the desk I am working on and my lap for her much-needed cuddle! At night, on our bed (she sleeps beside me because my husband works in another place and only sees us every month), she would put her head on my tummy while she thumbsucks her way to dreamland!
I would like to wish she’d be like this forever because it melts my heart every time she wants a cuddle from her mother. But it can get tough especially when I have to leave the house to run some work-related or personal errands or to simply go to the gym.
I am well aware this is just a phase in her growing-up years and, soon, she might want to completely want independence from me. When that time comes, I know I have to give it to her even if it will break my heart. But, in the meantime, I will just cherish every hugging and cuddling and kissing moments I share with my little girl!
