My son is almost three months old and all he wants is to be held all the time. I know I made a mistake when I first had him by never putting him down, but now he won't even go to sleep unless i'm holding him and it's driving me crazy. the second I set him down he wakes up and screams. I don't know what to do to make it better. I don't want to hold him forever

My daughter is almost 8 months old and is having a similar issue. She will sleep in her crib without a problem, but when she is awake, she insists on being held 24/7. If I even think about putting her down, she throws a tantrum. Unfortunately, I don't have any advice for you, but I just wanted to let you know that you were not alone.

WEll. I truly understand how easy it is to to this. However, I knew that I had to get things done and I could not.  I initially started doing thid but I stopped it.  My advice is to try to wean the holding a little bit at a time. They are going to cry. But this is something that must be done to wean them. You can just let them cry for a little while.  They will eventually get used to not being held as much.   I hope this helps!!! Please feel free to ask any questions.

I don't know if this will help or not but, when my son that is 11 m onths old when he insit on being held I hold him standing u for a min. then I tell him that i have to put him down because I have to do whatever it is. He does cry when I first put him down but I talk to him I tell him i'm right here I just need to do this one more thing. I alos tell him he is ok I'm right there then when ever I'm done I pick him back up for a min and tell him thank you for letting mommy get what ever done and I can hold you for a min. then we are going to go play something. that has seemed to work at first he would cry the whole tme I did whatever and trust me I did it fast at first then as time went on he cried less and I would also play games and talk to him thats what I have found helped the most letting him hear my voice. I hope this might help. Good luck