Feeling so low right now (baby prefers dad)
I am so incredibly sad.
I have unsuccessfully tried putting my little girl down to sleep multiple times the past few weeks. Every time my husband does it, she sleeps.
Sometimes she will be screaming with me and as soon he enters the room, she stops and even smiles.
In the beginning I only felt relief but it is increasingly making me feel like I am a failure. It feels like she doesn’t like me as much as she likes him.
What kind of mum doesn’t manage to calm her baby down? And then my husband comes in and does it so easily..
Sometimes I even feel like she would be better off without me 😔
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Total phase. My first was like this with my wife totally all for me. It dose stop. He's now 4 and he's all for her x
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Are you breastfeeding? Or the main person that feeds? With my eldest daughter, who was exclusively breastfed, I found it impossible to settle her to sleep because as soon as I entered the room, she could sense it & would feed constantly. Her dad would take her, & she would instantly calm down & nod off. With my second born, I find it much easier to settle her. I have an amazing bond with both my daughters & am super close to my eldest even though, as a baby, she settled better with her dad. So what I'm trying to say is you are your daughters mummy - nothing and no one can ever change that, & your daughter needs you more than anyone in this world. What you're feeling is normal but you must try not to let it get you down - things change as months change - right now my eldest is going through a phase where she wants both parents to settle her to sleep & she wants daddy to do breakfasts but refuses to have dinner unless it's with me. Our babies love and need us even if it doesn't always feel that way