Any basis to “babies don’t know they’re separate from mom until x age”?

[jewelamani]

@bornagainrealist I’ve usually seen it in the context of “daycare or sleep training is bad”. Sometimes I see it mentioned when a mom asks whether it’s weird their baby likes everyone except them (I.e. “no that’s normal for them to smile at dad/grandma/nanny/teacher but not you, your baby thinks you’re part of them!”

It bothers me as well since it seems like the sort of claim that can’t really be proven?

 

[bornagainrealist]

@jewelamani Right. Maybe I can post some research about reducing Mom's separation anxiety!

 

[christiancinemaproduction]

@bornagainrealist I have a business trip that will take me away from my son for 6 days. He’ll be 6 months. I’d like to know for peace of mind that I’m not going to screw him up somehow.

 

[bornagainrealist]

@christiancinemaproduction I can't see the full article - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.0963-7214.2006.00412.x seems relevant

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4598341/ is free