dd1 and dh not getting on

[Misdee]

when dh first got ill, dd1 was 4years old, almost 5. she has gone through reception-year one with him in hospital, year 2 with him at home but on heart machine so dh didnt really play an active parenting part in their lives, and she is now in year 3, and he is home.

but they constantly wide each other up. dh really annoys dd1, then she gets stroppy and it all ends in tears.

do i intervene? leave them to sort it out? throw a strop myself and leave the house?

arrrrrgh

Don't throw strop, you are the constant one! Separate them when it begins to happen, calm situation and work on the relationship at times before winding up begins. It might be lack of understanding if DH has been in hospital, the relationship hasn't developed in the same way. Do they have anything in common, if not find something new to both of them. Choose a time of day when neither are tired. Weekend might be better.