I am drained to the point where I even though i felt rejected i didnt stop trying to hold her or trying to play with her. She also wont let me give her the bedtime bottle- she screams- it has to be done by Daddy. I cant stop crying. Your mom can also try to stir up some excitement around you coming home from school; looking out of the window with your daughter here comes Mommy! I want to know if there are commonalities that us moms share. Heartbreaking! Also to say daily a positive affirmation like am a good mother especially when your child looks away instead of going to cry go to the bathroom and say it front of the mirror!!! She even goes to our maid servent and she is so happy if she sees her. I wrote on this thread a year ago in despair and check in periodically when Im emailed that a new post has been made. My son has done this to me ever since he was about 4 months old. I just left my 4-month-old son for the first time overnight with my parents. What is wrong with me? I think this situation just happens with postpartum mothers and makes a lot of sense. Since leaving home 2 go 2 Asia when our baby was 7 months, our internet routine continued. it felt so good reading all the posts and knowing that out there, there were so many mums who felt the same as I did. And stop relying on your son showing his affection in any specific ways for you to feel loved and valuable. Toddler Milestones. Its all new to me and its hard to mother when youre only 22. I just got back to my parents and was so relieved to see my son but he acted and is acting uninterested in me but my husband got a huge happy reaction from our baby. 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. I had to go back to work part time at 6weeks, but have been 100% available and loving and devoted every second I have free. To all those beautiful mummies and daddies who have shared their heart with us, you are so not alone, I have had pnd anxiety since my little man was about 2 months old and I used to feel this way so much that it broke my spirit and heart. Its hard to deal with every time and heart-breaking. She does not have any memories of you crying and even if she did, she wouldnt hate you for it. Give your girl as much time, love, attention, and body contact as you can. I have a 2 year old daughter. I am prone to mild depression and can be a bit of a hermit sometimes. My mom stayed with me for the first four months to help me out. i try to spend the most of my time with her but maybe its not enough, i wish i knew where i went wrong. Employees who have access to these benefits express 1.5 times greater work satisfaction and are 2.5 times less likely to miss . But if we can handle it as adults, and give our children both love and space no matter what, I am certain that our long-term relationship AND bother their and our personal development will benefit. I know its not fun for her and I think that is why she rather remain with her father. But if grandma or grandpa or daddy was her he would def go with one of them instead of me! It may be because she may be spoiled to the phase of a daddys girl, or it may be you. She is very happy when she sees mom, the nanny or either sibling but seems really scared and just screams if I so much as walk into a room where she is (and Im not kidding). Im a teacher so am home most days quite early so do see a lot of her. I thought ever child wanted their mommies especially when they arent feeling well. i just feel like a bad parent coz as soon as my partner comes home my daughter is all smiles again, so she makes me out to be a lier. May I ask how your relationship is when dad is not around? But those 6 weeks were rough for everyone involved, and baby's gotta eat! Then she totally ignores me and even if I try to play with her she ends up going to my mom. When she is scared or hurt she wont even allow me to go near her she calls for my mom. 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. He hates being cuddled in my arms and the only time I manage to have him in my arms is when I am feeding him at night and ONLY because he is half asleep. Consider co-sleeping, where your daughter sleeps between the two of you. what am I to do !! so that she wont see me as a monster trying to take her away? What am I doing wrong? You may be feeling a range of emotions about being away from your baby, all while getting used to a new daily routine that might involve busier mornings, daycare drop . do my twins love me less? Try movement like rocking 4. I have to give her a bath, I have to brush her teeth, I have to feed her, I am the only to play with her and I am the one to read bed time stories. Hi all. But from what you write, it sounds like this is a fairly new thing? Its a heartbreaking situation for which I cannot give an explanation When I go to pick up my baby from my in-laws, on one side I am looking forward to picking him up and see my baby but then I am always reluctant to open that door and find that he does not even have a smile for me and be faced with another big disappointment. grandma was kinda showin me the ropes and showin me some tricksi also do alot of running around during the day so grandma watches her.now, when i have her and she gets upset she screams for mme. 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. That's where you come to her rescue and change all that with this gift for a mom going back to work. This still happens when, for example, he seems disinterested in me when I pick him up from daycare. I think its about time she stood up to her dad & told him but she as always been scared of him just like her older brother scared to say boo. But i continued being there for her. I know that nobody is going to want to hear this but your relationship with your child might never be the same if you just ignore it. Trying to raise a 1 year old is impossible. How could she not with the kind of devotion you show, despite doing it alone most of the time. A boy and a girl. I am so sad. I often wonder if day care would be a better option. I know he is only 9 months but shouldnt 9 month old babies already recognise their mothers? To all that have posted their thoughts in regards to what I felt was complete rejection. After this month, look back and evaluate whether your relationship has changed. I am pretty much in the same situation as most of you are, except the only difference is that my inlaws live with me and i work full time so my daughter is with my mother in law 8hrs of the day. It breaks my heart Ive cried many times!! I am so in love with my son but am so heartbroken by this! I dont work and both me and her dad at home with her. Take days of vacation or maternal leave, ask your mom to bring your daughter to your work for lunch, work from home, let go of as many of your chords as you can or do them together with your daughter, co-sleep with her, talk to her, bathe with her, sing to her. Many babies go through periods when only one of the parents will do it can be either the mom or the dad. i am a working mom. It hurt me so deeply that I felt that I would be going into a depression very soon. I am really concerned with my family in the way how my daughter prefers only me when I am around. Yeah, as you can see, it is common! Third, it gives you a possibility to do something else than taking care of your daughter. What can I do? i so wanted to be a mom and was so happy to have her that i never thought i would be such a failure. She cries for her grand mother. My partner thinks Im being ridiculous, but thats easy for the preferred parent to think, Im sure. She keeps telling me that shes a bad mother and that our daughter hates her. But I really found some comfort when I found this thread and read about other parents similar experiences. When my daughter was 7 months old I left for bootcamp, kind of my last resort I was a teen mom and couldnt get a job and had no money and the military provided us a secure future, but now I regret it. Or is she a bit distant to you also then? And as being the preferred caretaker at the moment, your mom can help you a lot by firmly handing over your daughter to you at certain points. But you say that you gave up on her. Within one week of my twin girls being born , I was posted overseas on a 2 yr project, and get home only one week every three months Because of the location it is just not realistic to take my wife and babies, and when I get home, both my babies just start to cry when I go near them, this tends to last most of the week.. Apart from leaving my job, is there any advice you can give me. Just feel depressed that my 11-month-old does not want me and prefers my mom all the time its my fault.. due to certain unavoidable circumstances I had to leave her with my parents in my home country for 5 months, and now I am reunited with her (at 10 months)..its been a month with her now.. Ive been trying to bring her around to like me.. she does like me, I spend quite some time with her. If it is new, I dont think you need to worry very much; it will pass. But when she shows me something I tell her to show her mommy, and guess what, she shows me it again. My relationship with my son isnt the same anymore. Everyone has told me that boys love their mommy and Im sure he does but I wish he didnt do that because like the other moms on this site, it really hurts my feelings. My son is 9 months old and , Ive always taken care of him feed, everything he needs Ive been by his side since we left the hospital, now that I moved to another state he doesnt call me momma anymore he calls it to his grandma he just doesnt seem to need me anymore . Unfortunately, I am a working mom (my husband works too). My daughter doesnt cry when she is with me but she just doesnt want to cuddle or be close. Thank you so much for your reply. It's never easy dealing with a toddler rejecting mom. Thanks, Mai!!! And do things together all of you. You can read more about baby development at different months here. 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? I just persevered like you, and it really did get better. You can also make sure your baby finishes one breast before . Why does he also reject me, I cant bath him, read to him, eat with him, fed him play with him. I sing endless versions of Wheels on the Bus, and a million other things. My husband sees him an hour per day if that and goes out of town a lot. Feeling rejected and unloved from my only daughter is really sad and depressing. So worried he is forgeting about me. Quick message to Laura- I feel terrible when I get home from work and reach out for her and she doesnt want to come with me, we have so much fun together! And I suspect it isnt helping your wife either. But it is by no means too late. Being 18 months old, your daughter is in an age where turning out towards the world is a natural development. His granddad plays with him every minute he gets with him. Pennsylvania mom Rebecca Shumard gave birth to daughter Eden at 27 weeks. Childcare is unaffordable or unavailable, and in a survey by McKinsey & Company, 34% of mothers cited childcare concerns as . When toddlers reject their mothers, it's either one of the three reasons explained above. No matter what I do, she still wants me. If you are even in the vicinity of your daughter when the nanny is there, she will scream for you and you alone. If he is upset, he wants his daddy to comfort him, not me. This time is so precious and so short. Maybe worth trying for you too? That was quite hard, when I was feeling like I was being rejected and that I was doing something wrong. I have a 7 month old son and since he was born his grandmother(dads mom) has been obsessed. Praise your wife when she manages to be cool about it it isnt easy! I dont want this to have any lasting affects on our long term relationship. When you get back, you're still the #1 mom. Mom's Question: If I hold him, he wriggles and cries to get away. This has been for pretty much his whole life. 11. 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