Does everybody else's DC seem to prefer other peoples houses?

[KD0706]

I'm feeling a bit rubbish/unappreciated at the moment but maybe being daft...

I have DD who is 2.3 plus a three month old. I am trying to give DD lots of fun etc at home despite having baby and had thought I was doing a good job.

But recently she seems to always want tobe at other peoples houses. We went to brother in laws house on Saturday and she hasn't stopped on at me wanting to go back there since. Today we went to a friends to play and again she's been on at me all day not wanting to do anything except go back to friends house.

She's only recently started being able to speak sufficiently to communicate things like that so I'm wondering whether all children are like that or if it's that something is missing at home - maybe me not being super mum enough?? Please tell me all your DC like everybody else's house best too

all children like other people's houses better. It is the law.

my ds is disgusted with our house. He wants to live in a bungalow

My ds doesn't like houses, he only likes the street, the park and gardens in that order.

I've come to the conclusion today that she's just being contrary. Or just being a two year old!
Yesterday she wanted to go to a friends house and I almost had to drag her to the little farm she usually loves but once there she was so happy and had to be eventually dragged home. Same today. It was gorgeous weather and she wanted to go to indoor soft play but I refused and insisted we go to park. Big hoo ha till I gave her choice of park or home and she grudgingly chose park. Then again had to be dragged away when it was home time.

I think I just need to accept that a toddlers favourite word is no!!

It's anything different, I found. In Toddler World, other people always have better everything... food, houses, toys, garden equipment. Might have the attention span of a goldfish but they will remember precisely that X's Mum is the one that makes those nice cakes with pink icing for years.

Another aspect of Toddler World is that 'where I am now' is far better than 'where Mum wants me to be'. This means a lifetime of being forcibly extracted just as you're getting comfortable. And we wonder why they get grumpy

That made me laugh Humphrey, my ds wants to live in a bungalow too??! We don't know anyone who does, so don't get the fascination!

When I picked ds up from school last week (he's 9) I was with some other Mums and we'd decided to do something - go to our house, park or another friend's. I said to ds 'OK, three choices - our house..' ds butts in, before I got any further along the options with - 'any of the other two'.............

Totally normal KD. I also get 'Jack's mum gives him chocolate hobnobs in his packed lunch' 'Finn's mum lets him play Modern Warfare all the time' 'Mickey's mum lets him stay up til 10 on school nights' all followed by a grumpy, hard-done-to face.

Meant to say, it's not just limited to toddlers, sorry guys! x

Totally normal. Other people's houses have a novelty value as they have different toys to play with & different people to interact with. I have also learned the hard way that just because they always make a beeline for a certain toy at X's house, they will NOT play with that toy if you buy it for them to have at home.
If its any comfort, DD's (2.8) first question on waking each morning is "who am I playing with today" and if I say "Mummy & DS (7 weeks" she says "no, I need one of my friends to play with" and, when I say no, offers a hopeful smile & says "I go nursery today, Mummy"! This is despite the fact that the previous day with Mummy & DS may have involved a trip to the farm, a walk to the post box (favourite activity that), cooking, craft, play dough & everything else that you could possibly think of that would make a 2yr old happy!