Preferred parent

[incognito786]

ve seen so many posts about baby preferring one parent to the other

And now recently I’ve also experienced the same:

I’ve lived with my in laws and husband and my daughter spent a fair amount of time with Everyone but I was generally the one who did all the nappy changes, the feeds, we co slept, I’m the one who does it all. My husband is the fun parent most days however has alot of down days too:

I’ve noticed that she’s now taken a preference to him. She still comes to me for hee needs but generally when we’re out she won’t come to me or I don’t know maybe is swayed more towards him than me.

I can’t help but feel she loves him more than me and that kind of ticks me off a bit as I do everything and he just sits back and relaxes lol.

Anyone experienced the same. Do they love the other parent more?

How old is DD? My eldest comes to me if she's hurt or upset but goes to DH for fun. He probably is her favourite - he does the fun stuff with her that isn't suitable for her younger siblings.

Lots of kids go through phases of having a favourite. It generally doesnt last in the long run.

Hand her the nappy say take it to daddy

Spend more time on rhe fun stuff pass the shit work along to him

I found they all switched between who they came to when they were younger. Some months they just wanted me, others my husband. As they got older they were more specific around what parent they asked for what as they have a good gage on what reactions they would get and who was more likely to say yes to them! Our youngest is a 'daddy's boy' he cries when my husband leaves the room and will follow him around. I co sleep with him (he's only 8m and me and my husband have separate rooms) and do the majority of what I call the boring parenting so nappies, feeds etc. I don't think he loves him more than me but my husband is definitely the 'fun' dad and would happily spend all his time just playing if he could.