Both DSs only want me all the time.

[OopsDoneItAgain]

Tis driving me mad and offending DH more than a little bit. I know many children have this phase, but mine are 3 and 5, aren't they a little old for it? Making food, bathing, reading, bum wiping, dressing, teeth cleaning - the chorus is always 'Want mum to do it.' If we insist DH does it, we get tantrums. Are all children this age like this? Is it just the age they are? Have we given in to 'Want mum to do it' too much...?

Any advice gratefully received!

But please dont say I'll miss it when it stops. I wont. Snarl. [PMT emoticon]

Talk to me pleeeease!

Hi Oops,
We're not there yet (DTs 16 months), but I know it can be really hard work.

Have you considered a week weekend away and letting DH do fun manly things all weekend with them?

ow does DH feel about it all?

Yes, have a weekend away brewing as it happens! They seem fine with him when they do do things together, just they always express a preference for me.

He doesn't like it (tho I suspect at some level realises its less work for him!)

Thanks for replying!

Mine have been doing this for a while (3.6 and 1.9). Started when dh went away for work in June, and so its been a long time. Ds1 much more than ds2 but ds2 copies everything that ds1 does.

Gets dh very frustrated and we then sometimes have a fight about it cause I am knackered and they won't let him help, and he wants to help but gets cross when they won't let him etc.

last month it's been getting better. We do sometimes just have me go out for a bit at bedtime so that they have no choice, and usually if I am not about, they are quite happy for dh to do things, so we just do that. But as I say, its been getting better on it's own.

Go out for a meal or some drinks with some friends, and I'm sure they will be fine with your dh.