Is it normal for baby to only like mum at just 3 months?

[JonSnowsWhore]

Just that really, is it normal for a 3 month old baby to have such a strong preference for their mum & not their dad? He will literally scream his heart out when his dad is holding him or trying to feed him to the point where you'd think something was seriously wrong with him, but within 5 seconds of him being handed to me, he completely stops crying & settles down/drinks normally. My partner only works til about 2-2.30 in the afternoon so it's not like he's out the house constantly & the baby has no idea who he is. I mean it's nice to be loved & all but bloody hell id like to be able to go to the toilet or heaven forbid, go to the shops without returning to carnage once in a while

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Yes, it's normal. My DC2, now aged 3, is still very clingy and loves me above everything and everyone else in the universe If I leave him with DH and DC1 watching TV and I go to the loo 5 seconds later I can hear him calling: "mummy, where are you?" "Mummy, are you upstairs?" "Mummy, come back!" It doesn't stop me from leaving him with other people though. He moans but I know he is OK.

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I haven't had a wee by myself in 5 years 😂😂. My eldest DS was exactly the same (I'd have to say contributed to my eventual divorce ) but Ds2 not so much - he didn't get the 1on1 option as DS1 was only 14 months when he was born. (23 & 22 now). I have 5 yr old twins and they both screamed if I left the room for a second and now have a daughter who has just turned 3 who I have to say is the worst of all of them she has a complete meltdown if I'm not in sight. Won't stay with daddy and literally follows be around from morning to night. I have left her but she hates it. I say 'please can mummy have 5 minutes' and she just says I love you to the moon and back with a big grin on her face!! I breast fed all 5 of mine to six months though which I think is a factor but even with dh2 being a lot more hands on (he was at home with th twins for the first 12 months) the mummy bond is always the strongest xxxx

It really is a fleeting thing - by the time they are 7 or 8 you'll wish they'd ask where you are xx

See I get it at a slightly older age once they 'know who you are' if that makes sense, but just amazes me that at so young he cares who's holding him. I thought babies that small just liked being held & they gave no shits who by haha! My 4 year old is very much a daddy's boy & ive always moaned that he'd ditch me for his dad in a heartbeat. Be careful what you wish for I suppose