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good for daddy, not for mummy.....2 year old ds

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queenrollo · 29/10/2007 09:29

example....

i was cooking tea the other night, ds emptied the freezer. 'help mummy put the food back' i asked nicely....'no' is the reply....so i try to make it a game of helping mummy, but still 'no' so i start putting the food back at which point ds starts to kick me quite hard. i told him firmly 'no kicking' and moved him away from me. after i'd put everything back in the freezer he started to kick that instead.

if his dad had been here he would have quite happily put the food back with him. this is the case with so many things, if he has something he shouldn't have, gets something off a shelf, is outside in garden and we want him to come in....he simply doesn't respond to me the same way he does with his dad.
i've been his main carer for two years and recently his dad has given up his weekday job and so has been spending more time with him.
(dp is now my ex, we recently split and are still living together very amicably)

is this normal two year old behaviour or is it simply that at the moment he likes his dad more than me......after two years of day in day out the enthusiasm to get down on the floor and play trains for two hours is pretty hard to find and of course his dad has boundless enthusiasm because this is all new to him.
is it simply a case that daddy is a novelty or is it more?
i'm getting quite down about it

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fairypeeps · 29/10/2007 17:41

Hello...I'm not alone then. my ds is 19 months he hits me, doesn't listen to a word i say and just genrally acts like he doesn't like me much, on the other hand he's completely different for his dad he wouldn't dream of hitting him and does pretty much what he asks him which makes me feel like im doing a rubbish job it gets me down too. i have no advice just wanted to empathise with you it's v.frustrating

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