Does anyone have any tips on how to handle a toddler who is trying to control which parent tends to them?
We have a DC who is a mostly pretty well behaved. Usual toddler tantrums etc but is responding very well to the star chart and is for the most part pretty even tempered.
However in the past 6 months is swinging wildly between either myself or DH as favorite. Once a favorite has been selected then DC will not allow the other parent to feed, dress, change, settle etc them. DC can get extremely irate if the non-favorite tries to get involved. This will go on for a couple of weeks before the favorite switches and it is the other parent who is 'allowed' to do everything.
We know its all about control, when only one parent is there DC is no problem at all. We are trying not to give into this but if there are any tips or pointers we'd really appreciate it. Or is this just another one of those wonderful 'phases'?
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2 Year old controlling parents
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SnowDaze · 24/07/2013 12:38
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