My son is 2 and 3/4 and we seem to have hit the difficult stage everyone wonders about. Not only are there morning tantrums over nothing, the hardest thing I’m finding at the moment is he’s clinging - literally to me. I basically feel like a single parent. My husband and I try to be equal about things but he just doesn’t want daddy for anything. Daddy can’t get him up in the morning without a tantrum, daddy can’t open his curtains, daddy is not allowed to make breakfast, can’t dress him, can’t comfort him. He physically pushes and says “go away daddy!!!” Did you go through this and did it ever resolve? My back and hip are absolutely killing from having to carry him around everywhere. It’s like when daddy enters the room a monster has arrived. It’s really upsetting my husband too. Nothing triggered it. Son is happy and sociable at nursery.
I’ve tried to encourage things like “daddy is our friend/ Mummy likes to play out with daddy and cuddle him.” Is there light at the end of the tunnel?