7 Month Crying A Lot When Seeing New Faces

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7 Month Crying A Lot When Seeing New Faces

My baby is 7 months old. He is very scared when going to new places and crying a lot when seeing new faces. I just want to know how I can settle him.

Thank you

Stranger Anxiety At 7 Months

Sounds like your baby has a bit of stranger anxiety. A lot of babies go through this at around the age of 7-10 months.

My advice is that you should ease your baby into being comfortable around people by asking them to sit around your child but not engage with the child until the child comes up to them to engage.

Thrusting your child into a strangers arms hoping they will get used to the person usually won't work. Your baby will ease into being more social; don't worry just give him time!

The more you respond to his needs to be with you and close to you right now, the sooner this phase will pass.

Hope this helps!

Brandi

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Sep 09, 2010

Baby cries with new faces
by: Janet

Mine did exactly the same thing.. she would even cry with family members she hasn't seen for a few days! Don't worry it will get better.. it lasted a couple of months for our little one to feel comfortable with strangers again.. Indoors just make sure your baby is sitting with her toy/s so she can concentrate on that while getting used to her surroundings.. gradually let people talk to her then pick her up. Outdoors.. since you can't tell people to back off hehe make sure to let them know she does cry with strangers so please approach her slowly :) Hope this helps!!

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