Cali went through a stage where she cried constantly if I was out of her sight. NO-ONE could calm her down, and as soon as I walked back in, she would stop crying.

Contrary to what the books say, VERY small babies can suffer from separation anxiety.

When I was back in SA I went to the hairdresser, and my mum eventually put Cali in the car and drove to the salon, as they could not calm her down (I had only been gone for 20 minutes).

All I can say is that Cali outgrew it pretty quickly, and hopefully Cam will too. (Cali will still not stay with any random person - she is fine with my housemaid though - which is great as I can shoot out to do grocery shopping or go to a doctors appointment without dragging her around in the car in 55 degree Celcius heat!!).

One caution - introducing "crutches" such as driving around to get babies to sleep / walking with them or rocking them until the fall asleep etc can lead to a long-term problem - some babies become so used to this "crutch" that they are unable to self-soothe, and cannot fall asleep unless being walked or whatever.

I KNOW it's tempting to do ANYTHING at the time to get them to sleep, but unless it's something you are prepared to do EVERY nap time and bed time for the next few years, try to avoid starting bad habits.

Also I read in a book that little babies can only concentrate on maximum 2 things at once - that's why the "shush and pat on the back" calms them - you introduce two new things to think about - the sound of the shush and the feeling of the pat - and that's all they can think about at one time, so they forget to cry