Yes, it just means he knows you'll be there. Also young babies/toddlers have difficulties understanding that they are separate from other people- I definitely think that for a while he didn't see me as a person but as part of him in a way although I know that sounds strange. It's also why I sometimes get hit instead of the floor during a tantrum (putting a stop to that is fun!), and why our moods affect each other so much. If I am away from him for a while or withdrawn (like when I've been ill and my OH or parents have stepped in) he's fine while they're there but once I'm better I get a kind of anger backlash at not having been central which is interesting (only lasts a few hours but my Mum and Nan said they had noticed it with their kids too)
Now my son in just over 2 he's exerting his independence, I only work one morning a week so the rest of the time it's him and me pretty much all the time as my OH works long hours but he loves talking to other people. My friend who looks after him for me on a Friday turned up this morning and they were chatting in the front room and I went in and sat down on the sofa opposite and he ran over and said "No mummy, go out the door, Mel talking to Christine!" Way to feel wanted eh? Mind you I totally know how he feels as I like to have a chat to someone without him around too sometimes as much as I love him to pieces! I just feel proud that he knows that I'm not going to abandon him and that he's confident enough to want to hold his own conversations!
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He's a right old grouch around me!
