https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:00:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/huge-daddys-boy#post-1968135 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 17:14:30 +0000 Raindrop 1968135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another mom with a kid that seems to like dad more! I actually like it... definitely gives me more free time to cook and clean and just do whatever I went... especially around bedtime when DH is stuck with LO for at least 30 minutes. </p> <p>Also LO likes to be carried by DH and I definitely prefer that because lugging a 2.5 year old while pregnant is not something I want do.</p> <p>I'm sure when he's older, it will even out. Don't worry mama! Your LO still loves you! DH is just doing all the heavy lifting right now. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/huge-daddys-boy#post-1968045 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:24:24 +0000 Dandelion 1968045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M is 8 months and is starting to really prefer DH. It was all me for the first few months, so I'm ok with the break. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/huge-daddys-boy#post-1967947 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:33:38 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1967947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseDMB: that's probably it! But I bet it'll even out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/huge-daddys-boy#post-1967936 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:29:10 +0000 Canoli 1967936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@crystbum: yes, I'm bad cop too. </p> <p>My son has always preferred my husband and sometimes I let it get to me and other times I don't. I feel that my husband "babies" him more than me. My husband does things for him that I know he is capable of doing and I want him to be independent so he will whine for my husband to do it and most times he does! Frustrating! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/huge-daddys-boy#post-1967827 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:32:25 +0000 NurseDMB 1967827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks girls! It doesn't make me as upset as it used to, but I will admit sometimes I start to get a little bummed out.</p> <p>@Mrs Green Grass: that's what's weird about it, because we always have special outings together and we spend so much more time together than him and DH. So maybe he just misses him - DH normally works 60 hour weeks.</p> <p>@edelweiss: thank you so much for positing that! I feel like I could have written that post. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/huge-daddys-boy#post-1967818 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:29:31 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1967818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had this for the longest time, but then it flipped. I'm a teacher, so it might've been the extra time we had together over the summer, but it took about 18 months to flip to me. I would try scheduling in some one on one special outings, but not putting much pressure on all of the other times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/huge-daddys-boy#post-1967799 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:23:27 +0000 edelweiss 1967799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>mrs. confetti wrote about this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.hellobee.com/2013/11/18/when-dad-is-clearly-the-favorite/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/2013/11/18/when-dad-is-clearly-the-favorite/</a></p> <p>i think it's very common. things will change and/or even out eventually! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/huge-daddys-boy#post-1967732 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:01:57 +0000 petunia354 1967732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS turns 2 this month and it's pretty much always been this way. It's been hard on me and many tears have been shed over the fact that I was not the preferred parent but I'm realizing that the small amount of extra free time it gives me is actually a life saver and I'm so happy that he loves his daddy so much since DH works so much. </p> <p>I will also add that he is finally starting to come around and show his mama some love at almost 2 years old. If I walk out of the room he will ask for mama repeatedly until I come back or he comes to find me! It makes my heart swell and I appreciate it so much more! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/huge-daddys-boy#post-1967720 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 13:56:40 +0000 Mrs. Bum 1967720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My lo is two and prefers her daddy. I think it'd because I'm the bad cop though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/huge-daddys-boy#post-1967673 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 13:41:21 +0000 NurseDMB 1967673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Am I the only one with a toddler who has major daddy preference? Sometimes I feel like the only one.</p> <p>DS is 16 months and is a huge daddy's boy. It has been this way forever. My husband is such a good dad and has been very involved from the beginning, so I feel blessed but sometimes it hurts.</p> <p>And I'm not just talking about preferring him for playtime - he will even run to DH over me when he falls or if he's sick and wants to be comforted, he almost always chooses DS over me. Even bedtime he wants DH to put him to bed!</p> <p>Some weeks are better than others - like the other night he ran past DH and went straight to me when he fell. If DH isn't home, he's very clingy with me. But as soon as DH steps in the door, it's "see ya mom" lol.</p> <p>I don't get it. I'm the more patient one (and DH admits this as well), I spend more time with him because I work part time night shift and am basically a SAHM. </p> <p>Just curious if anyone else has gone or is going through this. Sometimes I feel like the only one because most of my friends have babies and toddlers who prefer mom. </p>