Our love for you is based on the fact that we know you are essential to our survival. From this moment on, we as babies begin to count on your nurturing. Our birth is actually our first separation from you, but many more are to come. At first, we babies are content with anyone who may be nurturing and loving to us. By the time we are six months old, we've had it.
Any stranger can cause anxiety.
We miss mommy and daddy and want them next to us at all times. We seek more attention and extra cuddling. Mommy is the only person who really is able to soothe us. Her gentle reassurance helps us understand that strangers eventually become sisters, brothers, aunts and uncles. With mommy by our side, affirming the bonding, curiosity takes hold and drives us out into the world to seek our identity.