Does My Baby Have Separation Anxiety?

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Jamilah, Lucy and Elizabeth answer a question about separation anxiety. This listener’s 7-month-old is already showing signs of what looks like some serious discomfort with anyone who’s not mom or dad. But with a no-kids wedding coming up, this mom is wondering how to help her daughter get more comfortable with other people. We’ll help her out and then check in and share what’s on our minds this week. Then, if you’re hanging out for the Slate Plus Playground, we're talking about what to do to help the homeless… and how to get your kids involved. If you’re not part of the Slate Plus community, we hope you’ll consider joining! Keep reading to learn how. Jamilah’s check-in: denial but also book Elizabeth’s check-in: milky bottles and outsourcing Lucy’s check-in: the preteen serenity prayer Join us on Facebook and email us at [email protected] to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get to hang out with us on the Plus Playground every week for a whole additional grab-bag of content — and you’ll get an ad-free experience across the network. And you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus – or try it out on Apple Podcasts. Podcast produced by Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.0	Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we raise the next generation together.
1:10.0	I'm Jamila Lemieux, a writer, contributor to Slate's Karen Feeding, the show where we raise the next generation together. I'm Jamila Lemieux, a writer, contributor to Slate's Karen Feeding parenting column, and mom to Naima, who's about 12, and we live in Los Angeles.
1:20.6	I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom to Henry who's 12, Oliver who's 10, and Teddy, who's 8. We live in
1:28.9	Tokyo, Japan. Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez. I host another podcast, the Mamasita Rica. I'm mother to
1:35.6	Amelia who's 14, Avery, who's 12, and we live in Miami. Today on the show, we're answering
1:42.2	a question about separation anxiety.
1:45.1	This listener's seven-month-old is already showing signs of what looks like some serious discomfort
1:50.1	with anyone who's not mom or dad.
1:52.8	But with the no-kid's wedding coming up, this mom is wondering how to help her daughter
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