DD is nearly 4 and has been going through an anti Daddy stage for quite a while. Not as bad as some but whenever he comes into a room she shouts "I don't want you" and doesn't want him near her. Sometimes she'll "forget" that she's in a permanent grump with him and let him read her stories or whatever. He generally gets them dressed in the morning and she'll always initially say she doesn't want him to do it but will let him after either being threatened with naughty step or asked nicely (we try every approach!)
Obviously it's some kind of attention seeking thing and we are big believers in "this too shall pass" but it's getting to the point where it's just a bit miserable for him (us!)
Any thoughts or ideas? We generally just try to keep it calm and tell her it's not nice to treat daddy like that and it makes him sad. Tried giving them one on one time (she has an older brother) and she can be convinced, it's just this constant automatic rejection of him that's getting pretty tiresome
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Not friends with daddy
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DeliveredByKiki · 25/10/2015 14:32
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