My ds always saying he doesn't like dh... Is this normal

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Ds who is 3 often says he doesn't like daddy. Tells dh to go away. Says he just likes mummy, and mummy sit her, daddy go away etc etc. he also says he loves mummy and daddy and is often wanting to show dh things. There are also things both good and bad which he expects dh to do not me. However this seemingly has been going on for 6 ish months and neither dh nor I know whether to just ignore, to treat this a typical toddlerdom and ds is definitely at that pushing buttons stage, or whether there is something else we should do, something else going on. If its just a phase fine but we are beginning to wonder.

Dh does his share around the house and with ds. Not 50 % but probably 30 % ish on average.

My godson went thru this at about the same age! He did grow out of it.

Sorry no other advice

My DD is quite a bit younger (2.2) but she has gone through phases of this. We are actually 50:50 since I went back to work (we both work4 days) and DD is fine when I'm not there but if I am has a definite preference for me in most cases (though generally prefers DH brushing her teeth). She has recently changed her tune a bit for no apparent reason and is much more cuddly with DH just now - also even announced "I like daddy" the other day. We just ignore it or say "don't be silly of course you like daddy" and leave it at that. It's quite depressing for DH though so we definitely sympathise!

Yes,my DS went through the same with his Daddy. I think it's pretty par for the course. Like all things children do, it's a phase. Just ignore it. That's what we did.

A pretty normal phase- and meaningless. He will grow out of it.