Baby is 3 months old. I personally have severe seperation anxiety and major anxiety issues alongside with other conditions. My toodler has seperation anxiety too (no bad experience before) What should i do to help baby to cope with the seperation anxiety which has distruped the daily usuals in life. Note: Aside to all this, there is an underlying issue.

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Babies and toddlers develop separation anxiety which is a normal part of their development. Parent who have anxiety issues may exhibit anxiety related behaviours which babies model, in which case parents think that the baby is anxious, as opposed to him modelling what he sees the adults do. Saying that, there is also the possibility that the genetic risks for anxiety is transmitted to the child too. Parents with significant anxiety benefit from counselling for themselves both to manage their own anxiety and to help support their parenting behaviours.

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