DS SCREAMS for Daddy! :(

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My DS is 21m. I am a SAHM and my DH works long hours so he only sees him for half an hour in the morning during the week and never in an evening.

This weekend my DS has screamed for his daddy everytime I have gone near him to do anything.
When I go in to get him out of his cot
When I try feed him
When I pick him up
When I change him
When I try put his coat or shoes on
When I put him in/out of his carseat
Basically anything!

When I say scream I mean SCREAM, tears running down his face screaming for daddy.
I am now in tears.
During the week he is perfectly fine and always wanting me.

I feel so upset by it. :(

Dh just asked him to give mummy a cuddle, he ran out of the room shouting NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

My ds does this ALL the time at the weekend. He's done it for months now (not that this is any consolation to you - sorry...but also didn't want you to think you were on your own). I also am a SAHM and my dh rarely sees my ds during the week. All the time in the week when dh isn't there, my ds is fine with me, loving etc etc. But when dh is there at the weekend, he will not let me do anything...change nappy, put him in the bath, get him out of his highchair...you name it! It is getting slightly better as he gets older because he now understands more so if he is screaming and shouting for daddy to get him out of his highchair, I say if he wants to get down, he has to let me do it and he has to stop shouting (he is 2.3 and he does understand this now).

I do understand how unsetting it is - I think it started when we were on holiday abroad in June (he was 20 months) and quite honestly people would have thought I was a stranger trying to abduct him the amount he screamed when I went near him...he just wanted daddy the whole time. It was exhausting particularly as my older dd then started to copy him for attention. I'm not sure who it was worse for - my dh or me.

I'm sorry I haven't helped much but please know you are not alone and it will get better. Don't take it personally - it is probably because he doesn't see daddy much so it is a novelty for him. Also it will get better once you can reason with him a bit more. Good luck.

Both of mine (now 6 and 3) went through a phase of this. Perfectly normal and they will grow out of it, but can be upsetting at the time. (And they are both going to be giving me grief for the next few days as DH is away...)

I know what it's like, it's awfull. I try really hard not to let it bother me but that's not easy - with my DD it comes and goes, everyone always tells you it's just a stage and I'm sure that's true.

During the week he is perfectly normal, mummy mummy mummy. Every so often he will ask after daddy and when I say he's at work he accepts that without an argument.

Thank you for your replies, it is very reassuring to see that others are doing it too!

Unfortunately my DH has quite a few trips away coming up so goodness knows how DS will react to that!