Prefers the sitter?

i am living with my parents right now as me and Mike are seperated at the moment (all of this reflux mess plus other things really took a toll on our relationship) and Trace ALWAYS prefers my parents over me. its kind of nice for me, bc i was with the baby ALL the time before this, mike rarely, if ever took him. lol i dont know what it is…i think babies get bored of their moms since they are with them most of the time…but he still clings to me if no one else is around. he is a very high needs baby due to his gerd and food issues.

i wish they could talk and tell us what they are thinking sometimes!

It may be just an attetion getting phase??? Griffin, my oldest, would cry whenever he changed rooms in daycare (a center) in the morning when I took him. Once he was in there a few days then he refused me when I would come to pick him up! I think it was his way of making sure that I was paying attention! It’s also kind of a control thing!

Wait till she can really talk! My son always say’s “Is daddy going to be at home?” b/c apparently I’m not the “fun” one!

It’s funny the things we contemplate! Not to make fun of what you are saying at all! I do the same thing all the time!!

It’s a mom thing! And if your husband is anything like mine, he’s probably saying why are you worried! Your the mommy!

When I go and pick Alana up from daycare its like “who the heck are you and why are you interrupting me”! But if she is at home with dh and I come home from work its the “mummy mummy mummy where have you been” excitement. Maybe its the context?

Maybe the sitter could be kinder to you and not be holding Sarah at go home time

Amy,

I still remember when my nephew was one, he is now 11, at his 1st birthday party, his babysitter was there, he went 5 days a week to a home daycare and he was running around after her, wanting her to hold him, feed him, etc. It was as if my SIL didn’t exist, she was in tears over it. So, I think it is very common. My son goes to see my sitter 4 days a week, but he spends almost the same amount of hours with her as with me on a weekly basis and he runs the gamut of “I don’t want to go with mommy, I want to stay with Angela” (his sitter), then says other times ,”Mommy, I don’t want you to work anymore, I don’t want to see Angela.” Sure, I feel guilty and upset, but I realize it’s just a phase and he loves me no matter what!!!

Amy,

I agree with what everyone else has said. You know, I am a SAHM, so I am around Brianna ALL the time. But every morning my DH wakes Brianna up and changes her diaper and dresses her. This is thier special time. I can not tell you the number of times I have come downstairs and Brianna wants nothing to do with me. She has even pushed me towards the kitchen. You know the good thing…Sarah hides behind your legs when she around other people. You are the place that provides her security…and that is priceless!

Oh Amy, I can relate. Except for me, Ben always preferred Daddy. It was like the world revolved around DH, the sun rose and fell when he entered or left a room, and I was just old mom. Many, many times he would push me away and say “No Mama” and want to be alone with his dad. I felt the same way as you, that people would think by the way he treated me that I was a horrible, mean Mama! But when it was just the two of us, he would laugh and play with me just fine. He is still very much a Daddy’s boy, but things have changed a bit since I’ve had Paige. Suddenly he is sharing his time with me, and I’m not so bad any more! It could be that he is just getting older too, and he’s outgrowing that phase. Whatever it is, I’m glad that he’s warming up to me more! But now I think my husband is a getting a little jealous, because I think Paige is a Mommy’s girl!