We’re in a daddy phase now. Man, is it hard not to take it personally. I feel like I’m not being a good enough mom, like I’m not fun enough, creative enough, engaging enough to be worthy of Gatito’s interest. Intellectually, I know kids go through phases of preferring one parent to another, but emotionally, this is really hard.
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I’m sorry…that’s hard. The Boy went through a similar phase, but it was cut short by his utter and complete adoration of The Nanny, whom he clearly prefers to either of us.
I echo Brooklyn Girl’s comments – Henry & Tyler clearly prefer The Nanny which puts me at the bottom of the heap: Nanny, Dad, and Me. Oh. The Dog. She’s ahead of Me too.
Oh man, that’s so hard. Brody’s been in that phase for a while now. It killed me at first, but now I take advantage of it… especially at 5:30 a.m. on Saturdays when Brody wakes up and yells, “Dad dad dad dad dad!”
aaron has been mommy all the time until recently. this morning he cried almost all the way to daycare. “i want to go home. i want my daddy!” oh the stabbing pain in my heart. i should be happy for this shouldn’t i?!?!
It is hard to go through this. DD went through her Daddy phase at about 20 months (right when DS was born) so it came at a very convenient time….though it did nothing to assuage my Mommy guilt. Now I’m actually looking forward to DS going through this phase. DH is feeling a bit put-out that DS definitely prefers me.
I know I’ll regret saying this because I know I’ll fall apart when it happens but I’m so waiting for Simon to get more daddy-centric. I could use a nap.
i am terrified that when i go back to work, milo will begin to prefer justin, who will be home with him 1.5 days more than i will.
btw, i got your tag for milo late, but i still intend to do it – i just haven’t had enough computer time yet.