https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:42:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mommrdaddy-preference-inevitable#post-912301 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:34:21 +0000 mediagirl 912301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I like this idea and will definitely try it when this time comes... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mommrdaddy-preference-inevitable#post-912298 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:33:13 +0000 heffalump 912298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO isn't very consistent with her preferences. She does have her moments though where one of us isn't allowed to push the cart, etc. It's not all the time so we don't really worry about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mommrdaddy-preference-inevitable#post-912297 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:33:07 +0000 rachiecakes 912297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: like this at my house, too. DH is a WAHD and DS loooves his "da". we haven't had any meltdowns over it, but he's always asking for DH, runs to him excitedly, always laughs and claps for him, never me, lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mommrdaddy-preference-inevitable#post-912285 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:29:08 +0000 looch 912285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had it the other way, it was all my husband all the time. He actually is just getting over it now, at 30 months. Lasted a good 9 months and there was really nothing to do to change the behaviour, honestly. Choices didn't work for us, unfortunately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mommrdaddy-preference-inevitable#post-912274 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:22:29 +0000 Lozza 912274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like the Bee family, for us, I think it helps that DH and LO get a lot of alone time and have things they do together that are just theirs, that I don't participate in. There are definitely still times when LO wants mommy, but at age 27 months, he now occasionally prefers daddy too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mommrdaddy-preference-inevitable#post-912234 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:00:26 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 912234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've always battled this. We work through it with choices. Daddy can do this or that... She's forced to choose one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mommrdaddy-preference-inevitable#post-912224 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 09:55:38 +0000 mrbee 912224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We struggled with this and it was brutal. We ended up being able to address it through alone time and rituals though... more details here!</p> <p><a href="http://www.hellobee.com/2011/12/27/three-ways-to-counter-a-toddlers-mommy-preference/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/2011/12/27/three-ways-to-counter-a-toddlers-mommy-preference/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-mommrdaddy-preference-inevitable#post-912216 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 09:50:57 +0000 Rubies 912216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is a few weeks shy of turning two years old and has a VERY strong mommy preference right now (started 2 weeks ago) and it is to the point where my husband can't do ANYTHING for her without melting down. Pushing the stroller/grocery cart, changing a diaper, feeding her, lifting her, anything is "No, mommy do it!" </p> <p>It's making me so tired, frustrated, and moody and DH wants to help but with the inevitable toddler meltdown, he just helplessly says, "It's just easier if you do it."</p> <p>Is this inevitable? Will it pass? </p>