Hi all,
It's my first time posting. I'm mum to 2.5 year old twin girls. I've done everything for them since they were born, particularly feeding, washing, dressing etc. Dad is v hands on especially with active play.
Recently they only want Daddy to dress them, they refuse kisses from me (one girl in particular who was always very much a mummy's girl). I'm heartbroken. It's been going on for a week now she doesn't let me pick her up in the morning, doesn't let me change her nappy, or dress her or hold hands and only sometimes lets me kiss her. Everything is 'no, dada do it'. I don't know what to do. I've tried agreeing, tried saying mama and dada take turns, tried ignoring, tried telling her it makes me sad, and tried fighting through it and insisting I do the task.
Please help as I'm genuinely so upset at this rejection. I'm a gentle parent in my approach. Any tips. Before this it was mama do it since they could talk and while it was a lot of work I loved it (dad wasn't bothered either way!). This change in behaviour happened while on holiday last week. This week we are back in our old routine but it's not helped.
Thanks for reading my long post!