Clinging onto Mommy

Trio is going through this weird clingy stage. Not like I have to hold him all the time because although he is small for his age, twenty plus pounds is still a lot to hold after awhile. But in that he has to see me at all times when we're at our house even when his dad is here. I can't even go to the bathroom without him crying out and following me, sticking his chubby little hands under the door (yesterday we had a rather amusing game where he would stick his stacking rings under the door and either reach for them or wait for me to give them back to him). Taking the trash out? He cries and runs to the screen door although when I come back there he is standing there with a big grin on his face like "There she is!"

This is one of those endearing/annoying things. I love that now he wants me around all the time because I know the day is coming where that will so not be the case. But also it's frustrating especially in case of the bathroom scenario. I realize that most moms never go the restroom alone until their kids are like three or four but still I want to release my waste in peace. The trash thing is not as annoying since it's like a two second walk to dump it in our can. But I can't get a lot done if he's running around; funnily enough if he is in his playpen he's fine with me being gone, taking a shower, cleaning up around him (my kid is an odd duck on some things). It makes me wonder why children get like this. I know that they have no sense of time so they can't tell the difference between you being gone for five minutes or five hours but we're together all the time for the most part. I would think he would get tired of me especially since I am the one who has to discipline him more since as a SAHM I am around more. But it's not like that at all; if anything he gets more upset if I leave right after I have tried to redirect him or reprimanded him verbally. It's odd in a way although I guess I will have to bit the bullet and get through it. Hopefully it is just a phase and he won't be like this when he is say five or older because then I think we would have talk to someone about his clingyiness.

But for now I guess I should just suck it up and enjoy the fact that he enjoys being around me so much that he doesn't like me to be too far away from him because before I know it my little boy will be graduating from high school and going off to college. It's kind of a sobering thought when you look at it that way.