I want daddy!!!

[winnybella]

Hmm. So my 22 mo today refused to eat breakfast unless daddy was sitting next to her and wanted daddy to play with her, not mummy.

It's been a couple of weeks since she started to show ever so slight a preference for him, but today was the first time I was 'put in my place' iyswim.

So, how long will that stage last? Couple of years? Longer?

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About half an hour in our house, but then, my DS is rather fickle

There will be times when your DD will prefer you over her Daddy and then swap back again. In the meantime, try not to feel put out, go with the flow and don't let her see that it's bothering you.

DD does this. She just has Daddy days sometimes when no one else is good enough. It doesn't last for long periods and she always wants mum when she bumps her head or gets tired.

I think it's lovely and a real contrast with all the times when she was a tiny baby and just wanted her mum.

I loved it so much when DS started to do this! It gave me and still gives me such a warm glow to see DS having a close relationship with his dad, something that is SO important for his development.
As Bambino says lots of kids swap in and out of being 'daddified'.
I have a friend who is really down about this though which I do understand; she has baby twins and for the last year and a half her husband has done an awful lot with her toddler while she's been almost immobile with a huge bump, then recovering from a C section, then surviving with twin babies! I think she feels insecure in the toddler's bond with her and she gets quite upset about him being such a daddys' boy. But I tell her - and I really believe - that a child who is wanting daddy all the time does so because they are totally secure in mum's attention and love and don't NEED to pursue mum!