I feel terrible for DH. He is a really hands on dad who is always getting home and wanting to take DD to play or change or whatever. On the weekends he has been trying to take DD for a few hours at a time so I can get stuff done or go out, but she will not have any of it and I can tell its starting to get to him.
When he has her she will often throw a fit crying and screaming... and if I take her she immediately calms down and stops. It's so frustrating for both of us.
Also, I BF and she will now only take bottles of EM from me (and still not happily) so I don't know what that's about.
What do we do?? I knew she might prefer me since I BF, but she is practically being mean to him. I feel so guilty.
Re: Anyone else's LO seem to almost dislike DH? WWYD???
My son went through this for a bit right around your daughter's age. Then one day DH came home from work and DS gave him a HUGE smile and since then they've been buddies. DS still prefers me to him and there are times when DH is holding him and he reaches out to me but he definitely enjoys playing with his daddy now. She'll grow out of it!
Oh and DS is BF'd too and would also only take a bottle of EM from me. That was a battle for some time, so much so that I was terrified of him not eating at all when he went to daycare. But again, one day he just got over it and now anyone can bottle feed him. Hang in there!
YES... Lyla went through this right at that age, too. Poor DH was so upset... so then I'd end up soothing BOTH of them.
But it gradually started getting better, and has almost totally passed now. There are occasionally times when she'll have a screaming fit with DH and need me to comfort her, but 95% of the rest of the time, she's perfectly happy with him. Oh, and I EBF also, and she was picky about taking bottles from him too.
The only thing we did was make sure he was spending lots and lots of "happy time" with her... so she'd associate him with good things: massages on the changing table, playing in the Jumperoo, reading books, etc. But honestly, I think it was just a phase she went through.
But tell your DH he's not alone! And it will definitely pass soon.