5mo dd is blanking her Dad??

[lauraloola]

Dd is 5mo and my dp has had to work away for 2 weeks. He had a week gap in between and got back on Friday afternoon from the last one.

She blanked him all of Friday, Saturday and got better with him on Sunday. He got up with her on Sunday morning and gave her bottle while I stayed in bed and I thought that would fix it.

This morning though she is doing it again. She wont hold eye contact with him and will turn her head instead of look at him. She wont smile at him either.

If he holds her she will stare at me.

Anyone else had this? Not sure what to do. Dp works until 5pm and dd goes to bed just after 6pm so he does miss out on spending time with her during the week.

It'll just take time. Their memories aren't very long at that age. Give it a few more days and I'm sure she'll be back to normal.

My son's almost a year and his daddy shaved off his beard on Sunday.... it took ds well over an hour to believe it was really him and he kept on hiding behind my legs!

Bless your ds I think its starting to get to dp now. I will tell him to keep trying x

I agree with nelly - their memories really are short at this age. My dp is very conscious that she doesn't spend as much time with our 8 month old dd as me (she works full time, i'm only 3 days a week). One thing we do religiously is that dp will get dd up every morning so that dp is the first face she sees (and I get a few minutes more to lie in a warm bed ) That seems to have worked really well and it's also something that is a little routine between the two of them. I don't know if your dp is around when your dd gets up in the morning but it might be worth trying - and in the long term, not just because of this blip.

god, just wait...this time next year it'll be daddydaddydaddy.

it's all about mummy for a bit. try to make sure he alone does the getting ready for bed thing everyday as this is very bonding. show her pics of him during the day too.

Totally normal IMO, my DD used to cry and stare at me as soon as DH tried to hold her, that must have been awful for DH . You should see them together now she is 3.5, thick as thieves, apple of eachothers eyes. Don't worry laura

Thank you x

I have told dp this and he seems happier now. He has tomorrow morning off so will spend some time with her