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2 year old (almost 3) rejecting his Dad

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  • 28-10-2014 9:50pm
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    the_monkey
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    Hi,
    My 2 year old (he's 3 next month) is shouting at me alot to go away or stop talking when I speak to him.

    It's happened quite suddenly and we had really bonded well in the past, but now he wants his Mam to do everything for him and anytime I need to put him to bed/feed/dress him etc it is extremely stressful and he has tantrums.

    Seems as well to only really happen when Mam is around, when I collect him from the creche alone he is in great form and we have a great afternoon together - he just gets possessive and stroppy with me when his Mam is about.


    Any experience with this kind of thing here ?

    I Goggled it and seems to be normal enough.


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    bp
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    That is normal and in a while it will switch. So either ignore it (but that may put pressure on your wife) and spend some quality time together away from his mother eg take him on a boys day out or try force the issue eg ignore the temper and you out him to bed etc


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    Sligo1
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    At the weekend when daddy is home my nearly 2 yo will not even let me take his cup or plate from him!! Daddy HAS to do it. Daddy daddy daddy! Lol. He must get very sick of me all week. Very normal :)


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    Rose35
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    We are going through that too, it's normally daddy he wants to do everything but this week it is me and daddy is taking
    the backseat for a change.


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    galah
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    Same here, daddy daddy daddy. Ah well, daddy can deal with the potty and all the other icky stuff so, see if i care :P

    Daddy gets to do all the fun stuff usually, and can focus on the older one more as i usually also have the baby to take care off. Probably just an attention thing....


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    nikpmup
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    My son's only 1 but when I'm in the house Dada doesn't get a look in - he's a mama's boy. When I'm not here he's grand, but woe betide anyone who tries to keep him from his mama when I'm around!


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    Greenmachine
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    Might just be seperation anxiety, child lack object constancy. If you have spent some time with him already, and he hasn't seen my mom all day, he would be anxious to see her.


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