Tonight is especially bad, he pushed me aside to get to my mom. she cries for grand mother . Here is the good news: you are not alone. Then, regardless of if she wants to go to dad, grandma or the neighbour later on, you can hopefully rest in the fact that the two of you have had a fun, loving day together. thank you for writing tips on coping. For a few weeks before my mat leave ended, I let myself soak in all the pre-emptive nostalgia, mourning all of our "lasts": our last mat-leave breakfast, our last mat-leave walk, our last mat-leave . I have to admit that I was very impressed by his childcare skills. Paula, Stay At Home Mom Rejected By Baby Adjustment takes time. If possible, try to be at home alone with your daughter too. For the mom with low milk supply who is supplementing with bottles her baby may start refusing to breastfeed. Tomorrow I am going back to work full time after taking 4 months off to be with my son. Lori Mihalich Levin's book Back to Work After Baby: How to Plan and Navigate a Mindful Return from Maternity Leave, should be required reading for all new mamas. My daughter is 15months old. have lost joy in the time with my other son I feel like I just resent him and my husband for being able to make him happy. Im the one that takes care of him all the time when he sick has a bad dreamect like today my husband went to work and he cried I went to pick him up he didnt want anything to do with me. I am drained to the point where I However, based on that you say your wife is concerned that your daughter doesnt like her anymore, it makes me believe that this situation has not been going on since she was an infant. Our relationship has became better in the past few months and she seems to like me more than before. In ramping up to retuning to work after a parental leave . A few weeks back she was ill and I stayed at home to look after her. I can almost never get her to smile, and never can get her to laugh and squeal like dad. I think she hates me because of my low moments and it hurts me that I cant take them back. Trust me, I feel it too now and then and husband even more, who has been the one NOT chosen especially by our youngest. You are not the only mother this has happened to. Seems it starts around this age. And be there when they come back. Acknowledge your feelings without judgment, and then cry, laugh, journal or call a friend. But those 6 weeks were rough for everyone involved, and baby's gotta eat! I breastfed for the first four months, and we definitely bonded. Therefore, dont think of it as spoiling her if your husband is carrying her around. But when she is sick, she comes running to mommy to give her medicine and take here to the doctors. I have 18mo old twins. Which just doesnt help at all! Please help me!! My partner has always spoilt her by carrying her around on his hip what seems like constantly, so when he comes in from work she is happy and smiley and wants him to cuddle her and pick her up and she wont even look my way! It is especially hard since i am a very affectionate and loving person my 3 year old son is very affectionate and is always hugging and kissing me? My mom says this is wrong and that i should just let her go. And when he wakes up at night he always looks for his dad and when I want to hold him he pushes my hands away. I had to return to work recently (4 days a week) and daddy is at home more and takes my son to nursery and picks him up. After college Im with her all the time, I play with her, feed her, do things that I feel is bonding but she still prefers my mother when given the choice. I have to try to remember that she is completely egocentric and has no awareness that I have feelings nevertheless I am finding myself in tears more often than not. please help me ,because i feel that my son hates me and that destroy me . Just remember you are a good mother for having these feelings!! That is actually a very sensitive age when separation and stranger anxiety set is. I then take her home and just when she starts to be happy with me, my husband comes home and I am nothing. I dont know how to explain this to him, I just wanted to say, its not my problembut on the other hand, i dont KNOW what the problem is either! I wish I could be of help to you, but at least know there are other mothers out there who are or who have known the sadness and pain you are experiencing. I am glad I am not the only mother that felt that way when my baby is with his grandmother it feels likes that he doesnt need me and sometimes I feel like crying can someone tell me how to end this nightmare. Sometimes the distraction of being outside together will help so that she does not focus on dad being away. They can also act very competitive towards the parent of the same gender. have a 7 month old baby and have been going through the same thing ever since he was born. If must be terribly hard to be away so much from your family and then come home and not feel welcome. I bathe with her, I nurse her, I stay up with her in the wee hours of the night, I sing to her, I play with her, I carry her, I feed her, I change her I cannot fathom how she could possible love her caregiver or father more than me. I am sure that one day, he will know who his mother is and what she did for him. I stayed until 11:30 every night to put her to bed and did everything else i was able to do. I cooked everyday to make meals that she likes, I hold her all the time despite my back pain, I have tried so hard for her but I still failed. Do I spend too much time with her? I try to play with her and make her laugh all the time. But my 14month old is obsessed with his dad and it totally kills me. What should I do Please help. Let's go for a stroll! It may take a few tries for that method to work. It must be very confusing for her. Im so depressed over this. i am a working mom. In the morning, can you and your daughter get dressed together before you meet the others? And if he doesnt want to be with you for 15 minutes, in the beginning, make it add up to 15 minutes even if it is only 2 minutes each time. But the emotional part of me feels devastated. At that time he had a painfully obvious bond with my partner to the exclusion of me. knowing or hoping that there is an end in sight gives me great joy. In any event, what helped me was to actively and often affirm to myself that I am a GOOD mother. You are not alone, you have not done anything wrong and you should not be feeling this sad. My mother says she must feel secure with me and to be happy she has such a good relationship with her fatherand I am. I dont work and both me and her dad at home with her. Babies dont put anything extra in a certain word compared to another. She gets hysterical if I take her off him. I have no idea what to do I play with her, I am the person that teaches her everything she knows, I am the one who gets up in the night to comfort her, I am the one preparing food and doing all the motherly things that need doing cuddling and playing but she still doesnt want me most of the time. If someone can take care of your older child now and then; have some fun together, just you and him. Rather the contrary; that you have helped him become so secure that he is now ready to face the world. That is an excellent way to allow the two of you to bond. In fact its more mummy than daddy, and my husband is a little bit jealous of this. youre missing out, and so is your baby. (And no chords these evening until your baby is asleep! Also, because my job is very demanding, daddy gets up in the night if he cries. He pushes me away tells me not to tell him I love him. When I go to pick her up from day care, she wont even respond when she sees me. Daddy is a play toy and thinks he comes and goes and is fun, but deep down I know she loves me and cant live without me. Consider your overall financial picture. Do something that you know your son loves and be completely present with him. This is apparently common and it is only frustrating when some outsiders try to make you feel bad about it (they usually have no kids or they are judgmental). But she preferred to be cuddled by my mom instead. If I dont seek her out, we dont hear from her Ive often wondered what happened. This always triggers a post traumatic stress response in me and takes me back that awful dark place it sounds like you are in. i am a younger mother who still lives with my mother. I cant quite remember if this started at around the same time but she no longer wants to be with me she will reach out for anyone else who is around, and this is really upsetting for me. If you do, say for a month, please let me know if you notice any improvement in your relationship! Children are not there to build our self-esteem, they cant and often wont, especially if we expect them to act in a certain way, or to be thankful or loving, because we treat them well. Of these numbers, working moms are taking the brunt of the burden. I couldnt see it coming and this is my first child, I love him very much, but this reaction I get from him is very unpleasant and hurtful to me. I am with him most of anyone. He will go to my parents or my husband before he would come to me. This cookbook contains about 200 recipes and photos of how to make delicious meals easily and quickly. Ive loved him madly ever since and do everything for him. I have a 7 month daugher that doesnt seen to want me. I hear a lot of guilt in what you write. Try to sit back and be proud of yourself! She is breastfed but dh has been been He is a very sweet baby, has a smile for everyone so I cannot understand why he acts like this with me, on the other hand my husband and my in-laws are obviously overjoyed to see that he is always smiling to them and acknowledging them. This is the age when separation anxiety and stranger anxiety may come in full force. During these 15 minutes, focus only on your son and on showing him interest and love. Making daily life work with a little toddler/baby is not always easy, so being able to help each other, discuss situations and both taking responsibility makes a difference. May I ask how your relationship is when dad is not around? This will help you to feel connected with your baby. I am also the sole breadwinner in my family. Paula is right. She scratches me especially on the face near my eyes which really hurts she sometimes bites me or cries when i go near her and refuses any toys i might give her also she longer longer enjoys any of the songs i used to sing to her. My partner thinks Im being ridiculous, but thats easy for the preferred parent to think, Im sure. Cared for her, loved her, played with her, etc. I think for young babies, being reminded of the other parent can be too painful to endure. Kiss him and love him non stop. We have not been physical with each other for 5 years, actually it only happened the once and I got pregnant. I guess maybe now i feel like maybe he knows that I didnt want him at first because he has always been a little distant with me since he was born. As you say, youre the one who has been there for her all her life and still is in many ways, and now youre suddenly gone much more. But I dont get a look in. Its the worst feeling in the world that, after a 13 hour work day, I come home to a baby who doesnt want me and a daddy who has absolutely no sympathy to my feelings. Ive reached the point where I want to leave my house and just leave her and my husband alone so see how they would make it without me. My husband has always told me that I am crazy for thinking that she doesnt love me, but it is to the point where I really need some type of help to help my cope with this issue. I have a 1yr-old son and he just started this him not wanting me always want the other family member that is around. It is an intensive period. Because I was in a very bad place myself over this issue, I understand your pain and encourage you in the strongest terms to get support for yourself. Above all, enjoy these last few weeks with your little one. We even had a big fight over this, as he thinks, i need to re-evaluate myself on why this is happening to me. she is three now. Well, disobeing the court orders she left with the child to another state without any communication or notice of where she was going. And when I get her home she ignores me. I think you do have a problem. When you feel rejected, she will sense your reactions and you end up in vicious circle of guilt, sadness, rejection, and more sadness and guilt. Dripping a bit of breast milk from the bottle into your baby's mouth can help. When my husband comes home she runs to greet him. Ask your employer if something like this is an option. My daughter is nearly six months old and she gets really grumpy with me. Do a couple of test runs before going back to work after baby. Create boundaries and routines that support ample family and . It took effort from all of us to get to where we are now, but forgiving each other and moving on as responsible adults to give our boy a good life, is one of the best things Ive done in my life.). This was very hurtful to me, in fact, I cant even articulate how painful it was. You know, we have to accept it, applaud their development and let them go. She is now my daughters god mother and I consider her a dear friend. Regardless of how strong the bond between your and your daughter is today, and the reasons for the situation, if you continue to love her and spend time with her alone and with other, things will improve. I know it is hard and scary and painful after many months of being pregnant and then being everything for a child. Paula, do you think its because of the association with bad things?? Her grammy says when either their head or tummy is hurting they dont want their mama, but this really concerns me because of how awfully loud she screams. We dont know what happened while she was in the other state but I think she needs to have that bond with her mother. Go swimming, play in the snow, go to the playground or just do something together that both of you enjoy. 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