What can I do to soothe a demanding 7 month old baby?

stop soothing when he screams and cries, if he is completely fine and safe, just keep an eye on him and go about whatever you need to do, talk in a gentle voice while you are doing it to show him that he needs to be calm. if you run and sooth every time he starts up, hell see that all he needs to do is scream and youll come give him attention.

I have 19 mo old who's been doing this for quite a while now when I leave the room to get something or am standing in gated off kitchen. Each day I make sure I do plenty of things with her throughout the day. We glue and glitter, we watch birds, we watch Einstein videos TOGETHER, we play with her toys, etc etc. I hold her and make sure she has snuggle time.

But, I do have to get stuff done. I have nipped alot of it in the bud by squatting down on her level and telling her, "Mommy is going to check on our puppy downstairs. I will be right back." Then I always keep my word. I've been telling her I'll be back since she was tiny. Just today when Daddy left for work we discussed it. Then she looked me dead in the eye and said, "He'll be back." It was so surprising.

Later she was crying and going nuts as I gathered laundry into basket in hallway which is 3-4 steps up from foyer and gated off. I stopped what I was doing and I sat on stairs and looked her in the eye and explained in simple terms, "Mommy has to do some chores during the day. I love you darling and I will make sure I pick you up all during the day. Right now you need to learn to play by yourself some while I do the laundry. You can cry all you want, but I am going to do this laundry. When I get finished, I am going to play with you." She has a big vocabulary, but I'm not sure how much of that she really understood. I then brought down basket of her stuffed animals from her bedroom. She does't play with them as often. She played and played. Perhaps I didn't need to give her a talk, but only bring down the basket. LOL.

I have been told all kids go through the hold me all the time phase and that if you give into it EVERY time (of course we all want to be held sometimes) then you better be ready to have a clingy child wanting you to pick them up all the time. I've seen this first hand so it's what's made me a big believer in teachign my baby to play alone with me in the room or the next room in earshot.

Watch your clock. It can be seem like an agonizing eternity when the baby is fussing, but I discovered that mine stopped fussing and went on about the day within three to five minutes. If he cries longer than five minutes check to make sure he is still okay, and if he is there is nothing wrong with letting him fuss while you get things done. I did have a backpack that I put mine in sometimes, but not everything can be done with a backpack. :)

If you are trying to get stuff done around the house try investing in a baby carrier. That might work. He just wants to be with Mommy all the time :) My son went thru this phase for about one month around the same age as your baby. I just had to wing it & carry him all the time. Eventually toys, music & his bouncy chair with links entertained him. Good luck! :)