Hi all
My recently turned 2 year old little girl has always been shy and reserved but recently she is going through a phase where she is very shy around anyone that isn't me. She suddenly went shy around her grandmother who we are bubbling with for childcare , though she did quickly get over it. But more upsetting for me, is that she has gone really shy around my husband , her dad. Before anyone jumps to the wrong conclusions , please don't read into this as being suspicious - I nearly didn't post this on here for fear that people would just jump to wrong conclusions here when I am genuinely wanting some advice, so please do continue to read further before commenting .
I am wondering whether it could be because my husband is working from home at the moment and he works such long hours , sometimes across weekends too, that he isn't really able to give any focused attention to her . She spends her entire time with me , and whilst I work two days from home, and she plays with her grandmother in the other room during that time, I still step away from my desk to do her naps and prepare her lunch.
My husband never has any one on one time with her because he is always working . And when he isn't working I think he just feels tired snd stressed. Maybe she is picking up on this and this makes her feel uneasy?
I have said to him that perhaps we can make more of an effort for him to have some one on one time with her whilst I pop to the shop , or busy myself in another room . I just worry that he is losing his confidence in his skills as a father and it's making him a bit nervous too as he doesn't want to make her upset .
Is this a normal 2 year old behaviour ? Is it a phase she will perhaps grow out of ?
Thanks so much for reading this far :)