How long is this jealousy phase?

Bea is driving me nuts with this. She has gotten really well, up my butt lately. I can't sit down without her on me. Ainsley will be off playing, but when she comes up to join us, Bea flips out, goes "No, no, no!" and will start hitting me and/or Ainsley. Bea is also real possesive of her things, gets mad if anyone (even me) touches her blanket, her Spot dog, or any toys she percieves to be "hers".
So how long does this last?

 

I have a feeling somone is going to post- forever My girls aren't that bad yet- but I can sense it is getting there and fast!!! Best wishes and hugs Kelly! Didn't know you were so important, did you??

 

Mine went through that "stage" from about 17-19 months (somewhere around there). I never thought Reagan would get off my lap. I never thought I would yearn for her to get off my lap and go play. She would cry when I put her down, cry if I was doing anything other than paying attention to her, cry when Morgan would get near me, etc...it was pathetic. I mean, I LOVE when my girls cuddle like that and wish they would do it more often...but that stage was pretty bad b/c it's ALL she wanted to do and I felt like I was neglecting Morgan sometimes b/c Reagan was just being "needy."

Goodluck, hopefully it is just a stage and she'll pass this one on to something else soon.

 

My daughter started doing this around 18 months and while it's better than it was, she's still very possessive of me. My poor husband can't even hug or kiss me without her running over saying "No Daddy! No!".

And if I'm holding her on my lap, she freaks out when her sister comes over to sit with us too. I finally started telling her "Isabella's mommy's baby too!" It's funny because she still does it (acts possessive), but will repeat the phrase...then she gets over it.

I'm wondering when it will end too.

 

I was going to post forever!!! My brother and sister (twins) are turning 31 and still have thier moments!

 

I've been wondering the same thing. My girls have been in this stage for a while now. I am hoping that it will end soon. Alissa is the main one with this problem. She doesn't want Victoria around me or her daddy.

 

My girls still do this. If I am holding one and the other comes near me, she will push, kick, hit, or just scream until her sister goes away. It is so frustrating and tiring. I constantly tell them that I have enough room in my lap and enough arms for both of them. Grace is at a really needy stage and she cries unconsolably if I do not pick her up first out of the bath or out of her crib in the morning. I feel so guilty, but I can't pick them both up at the exact same time.

 

"forever" haha..

My DH laughs but the favourite saying around here is "remember mommy has TWO babies"

At least as they get older you can explain that they have to share you and they will hopefully understand more.



amanda (jessica and jorja 3)

 

LOL, areound here the saying is, "There's only ONE Mommy!" LUckily we haven't had it too bad. It's very sporadic and basically from the very beginning I just didn't let them get away with it -- for example if one of them was sitting in my lap and trying to keep the other one from climbing up, too, I just insisted and said, "No, no, you can BOTH sit in Mommy's lap to read the book!" etc. and honestly it seemed like they got pretty quickly that they weren't going to be able to get me all to themselves just because they complained the loudest. I think it's great to have 1-on-1 time with each of them, but NOT when it comes about because they're being possessive, KWIM?

Good luck, I hope your phase is short-lived!