My 2 year old has suddenly become very clingy with dh.
Dh works all day (usually)9-5, although comes home early sometimes.
I am 35 weeks pg with ds2 and am HUGE! I have also had SPD since about 25 weeks and have been struggling to cope with 2 year old toddler wo like to run/get into things/do what toddlers do!
He is a clever wee lad, with a great vocabulary and is able to articulate himself quite well, which has been good for introducing various concepts, such as impending arrival of baby brother, daddy going to work and coming home at particular times and structure of the day.
In the last 2 weeks however, he has become OBSESSED with his dad coming home.
Now I am sure this is all to do with my inability to run around after hi all day long the way his dad does (dad is big on rough play, running etc, all of which ds loves).
He's quite happy when dh leaves in the morning - dh usually gets him dressed and sometimes takes him out with the dog, which he adores. He happily waves him off. I then do some playing with him - building a train track or playing with cars and we choose a film to watch or do some dancing.
He then has a nap. He has refused a nap over the last 2 days due to constantly asking 'is daddy coming home?' Which means he is knackered by the afternoon. And grouchy. And asks ALL DAY 'is daddy coming home'.
I've tried everything; distraction techniques, sweets, turning his question into a question (he always knows the answer - at teatime. He knows when teatime is). My mum has started to take him out during the day to try and take him away fromt the home and give me a wee break. Still with the same question, over and over and over, even when he is out.
It's getting really wearing!
Dh spends good quality time with him every night when he comes home, so it's not like he is deprived of daddy time.
And although my play is not as boisterous as dads, we do read books, draw and do other, quieter things - so it's not like he's not got attention. We play ball with the dog, do some cleaning stuff where he 'helps' and are always learning new things.
It's just all day long it's 'is daddy coming? daddy coming? daddy coming?'
He gets quite upset too if I try to ignore it.
Please tell me it's just a phase.
Tomorrow, for the first time, daddy is not coming home before ds goes to bed (he has to work late - it's a one off).
He will leave later in the day, so quite possibly he will go for a nap and when he gets up, daddy will be gone (even more trauma!) Then daddy not coming home!
Eeeeeek!
What do I do??