Desperately looking for advice on how to lessen the “parental preference” from my 3YO!
She has a great relationship with her dad but will always want me to do things with/for her if I’m an option, even if I’m not involved in whatever task they’re doing. For example, they have just been playing play doh together downstairs and she came upstairs with him to wash her hands. I’m in our bedroom and so instead of going to the bathroom with her dad, she came straight in to me to ask me to go with her instead. When I asked her to go with daddy because I’m in the middle of sorting out the washing, she had a massive tantrum.
I do 90% of the nursery runs with her because of my partners job but he is very hands on and always around to play and take her out to the park etc if I’m busy. We do lots as a family too but we just can’t seem to get past this parental preference. It’s exhausting for me and I know it makes my partner feel rejected too.
Does anyone have any ideas of how we can get her to balance things out without a huge meltdown every time?