The Happy Homemaker

Aron is going through another phase of separation anxiety. This is the worst anxiety he has ever had. None of my other children ever had it that bad. Victoria got anxious, but showed it in different ways.

Aron screams whenever we walk towards an official looking building like a church, doctor’s office, or library. It just has the look of a place that might have a daycare and he screams! He throws a fit when I leave him in nursery. He cries for two minutes and then will play, but every 15 minutes he will start crying again. When I pick him up from nursery he is usually being held by his teacher with tears in his eyes.

It has reached a new level. Now if Aziz comes home late he freaks out. Last night Aziz went to a night class and didn’t come home until 10 PM. Aron kept looking out the window saying “papa go?” When he got home Aron got REAL excited and screamed and danced. Then he wouldn’t let Aziz out of his sight and kept telling him, “I want watch Hulk!” He then continued to cry when I took a shower or went to the bathroom. He stayed up until midnight talking to us. He wanted to lie down next to both of us. He just kept staring at me until he finally fell asleep.

I don’t know what caused this. I know it is a weird phase and that he will eventually get over it. Victoria and Jon do fine. Jon can now fall asleep without staring at me, and Victoria usually always go to bed on time. Sometimes I don’t even have to tell her. She knows the routine: bath, teeth, dressed, book, scriptures, prayer. If we go out of order she freaks out. Aron is the most demanding child I have so far. It is a personality difference.