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So your man cleans the house and wants to spend time with his child.. wants to do bedtime routine with his child… my husband doesn’t do that stuff or have any desire to do so and I would be jumping for joy if he did. Pls think about that and ask yourself why it’s bothering you so much. Also the way he’s feeling sounds a lot like many women’s experience post partum when feeling like their baby doesn’t love them which is really interesting. Leave baby alone with dad more often. Make it clear that you are gone, even pretend to leave the house if you must so dad is her only option.
That’s NORMAL! Tell him to grow up that happens Kids go through periods of who they like more My youngest is still 4 and he prefers me some days others dad and sometimes he doesn’t like either of us That’s going to like that the rest of yalls life
Sounds like he experiencing PPD, that’s why he’s so emotional about it. It may not have gotten to this point if he made the effort to join you in doing the bedtime routine. Don’t get frustrated so you best to reassure him that children this age go through phases of being attached to one parent but will soon move on to the other. Also encourage him to allocate 1 hour to do something with her that you’re not involved in, just the two of them bonding.
My daughter never showed interest her dad. She only wanted me until she became 18m. He started playing with her more. I was in hospital for 3 weeks after I had just given birth and she stayed with her dad in that time. Now she doesn’t want me and only wants her dad. She only calls for him even if he’s not here. They’ve really bonded in the 3 weeks. Tell him to give it time. Babies and toddlers have their phases on who they prefer x
It's absolutely valid that he's feeling rejected. Imagine if it were the other way around? My wife felt this way and so I had to just take a step back and switch. Now she does bath time with our little one, "baby spa" (choosing diaper and jammies and then doing the lotion), night teeth brushing, hair brushing, & bedtime story with our little one. She has done this for over a year now and it's just their thing. He's a dad. He wants a relationship with his children. Try to help him in that area.
@Amanda Brown What Amanda said, 110%.
Could he do daughter/dad date nights?? Bath time?? My husband was feeling the same way. So I started taking time for myself (even if it was just in a different room) and they started doing more together. Cooking dinner, going to the park, hanging out at the house while I went grocery shopping. He started doing bath time too. Now he does bed time because ima bout to give birth and know I won’t be able to do both. My son still prefers me but will go to my husband now.
Aww the poor king baby throwing a fit… good lord with these men