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Originally Posted by FH-angelkisses0102
Try this, pick her up and hold her like a newborn...cradle her. What is her reaction? Does she squirm to get down or arch her back and FIGHT? Will she look you in the eye or avoid eye contact?
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Hi Karen - I have looked thru all of those links and am practicing some of the attachment suggestions that are applicable to younger kids. I was holding her some, but more recently am trying more. Also doing some attachment games and such. She seems to have pretty good eye contact. Not every time I "ask" for it, but overall she will look me in the eye when we are interacting. As for cradling - she's a fighter. She cries and fights and won't make eye contact at this point. I assume this is a sign of attachment struggles? I can cradle her a bit above horizontal while giving her a bottle and she seems ok with it. So I'm not really sure - seems like mixed signals.