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This is why I make Mr. B drop the littlest off at grandma and grandpa’s. Then I don’t have to see the sad. He does what Suse said about being all cheerful and saying goodbye and then go and he says (and so do my parents) that it works really well and she has no complaints. Good luck!

He will follow your lead here. If you are happy and cheerful when you’re leaving, with a kiss and a hug, and a ‘have a great time’, he won’t associate it with the heartbreaking goodbye. This took a few weeks to get over with both of mine – they didn’t do it right off the bat, but each of them went through a spell of separation anxiety while being left at our Family Day Care lady’s house. I used to sit out the front in the car for a few minutes, then call her and listen out for the crying – there wasn’t any. As soon as I was out of the picture, they were fine. I know this doesn’t make it any easier, having been through it myself, and the previous comments have it right – your baby is really smart, and if you keep trying to trick him, he will be ever more vigilant about you leaving him, and it could even get worse. Trust him to work out that you always come back.