Toddler only wants daddy

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Probably just feeling a little sensitive and rejected, and I LOVE the relationship my 1 year old and my dh have, my husband loves being a dad and I feel very lucky. But often, my little boy only wants his dad when he is upset. Have other people experienced this? I feel like maybe I'm doing something wrong. I think I'm doing okay, we spend alot of time together, do alot together, laugh alot. But he is obsessed with his dad, which of course I'm very happy about. Just wish he wanted me at times. I'm probably being mental 🙈

Ahh, this is very common & he’ll go though phases of wanting both of you (& a random teacher most probably at some point!) just keep doing what you’re doing, you sound like a great Mummy. It’s hard though isn’t it.

This happened to me when DD was 1. She cried whenever DH left the room, even if I was there. It was awful. I don't know why she gravitated towards him but I had been particularly busy at work for some time and DH had taken 3 months' SPL after my maternity leave ended so he was the more familiar parent to her.

Anyway - she is 6 now and has no preference between us at all. I'd say in total it lasted about 3 months. It was very very hard at the time and I posted on here, but people told me it would turn out fine and it has. I am sure the same will be true for you OP. Good luck!

I have to admit sometimes I loved this as when he ( Husband) came through the door I would say "oh look there's Daddy." And they would go rushing off to meet him , I would breath a sigh of relief as I would get five mins peace 😆
They do get a bit sick of Mummy all the time though .

Awww, thanks guys. This is reassuring and glad I'm not the only one. And, yes, wildinthecoutry, sometimes it's not the worst thing 😂🙈 xx

I had this with my DS. Not helped by the fact that from day 1 virtually my DH has put DS to bed as we had an older DD who needed me more and we wanted to keep things as close to normal for her as possible. When he was 2 if he woke in the night he wanted daddy even though im a SAHM and would scream bloody murder if it was me who went in instead of daddy. I confess I cried a few tears of rejection over it at the time! He's 3 now and will more often than not call for me now at night and if he hurts himself it's mainly me he wants to cuddle. They go through these phases, try not to let it upset you xx