When my daughter was about 18 mos she began to show a massive preference for her Dad over me. It would get to the point where she refused to let me put her to bed, dress her or even read to her. Recently we had another baby and her relationship with me has deteriorated further. Yesterday she told me "I don't love you and I don't even like you". It literally broke me. I had a long chat with my husband who thinks she doesn't know what she's saying and it doesn't mean anything. However it's really painful as I don't have a brilliant relationship with my own mum. I've since realised that he leaves a lot of the discipline to me and gets to be the fun parent all the time. Whereas I have to manage the day today which sometimes involves discipline (always gentle) and boundaries (but with empathy).
Can anyone relate or help? It's dividing our family and I don't feel at all seen.