Just wanted to get some advice on how to handle my 2.5 year old DS who is going through a phase of only wanting mummy to pick him up in the morning/get him on or off the toilet/read bedtime stories etc. Except he doesn't just insist it's me but actually throws fits of tantrums if daddy dares to intervene.
DH is a very involved and loving father, is there every evening from 5 or so onwards and is totally involved every weekend (I work part time). DS has always been a mummy's boy and has been through the odd phase like this before but not to this extent and not really with this level of tantruming! This evening he just cried and cried because I went downstairs and left him with daddy to have stories :(.
Apart from anything else, it's obviously upsetting for DH to be constantly rejected all the time.
I'm just trying to work out how best to deal with this situation. I feel that we probably pander too much to it (especially at 3am when he's calling for the toilet and it's easier to just go with what the demands are!) but am not sure that a hard line of just ignoring him until he accepts his daddy picking him up is the best option either.
Any previous experiences with this would be really appreciated as neither my husband or I want this to continue for much longer!