Mommy is still very important to JDaniel. He still wants to know where I am and what I am doing all day. When he wakes up in the morning, it is mommy that is calls for.(Part of that is due to the fact that mommy is the only one that gets him out of bed in the morning. I am a morning person and my husband is really not.)
Lately there has been a daddy shift. He runs to the door to see “Daddy”! He insists we get daddy before we start building or playing. He has let me know that some things are just daddy things. The stories before bedtime have become Daddy’s. If I try and start the reading, I am informed by a little voice, “Daddy reads.” It is not just things daddy does. It is also my daddy’s shoes that I am told about. There is also daddy’s chair and daddy’s glass. (JDaniel loves to slip to the table and get any green tea left in daddy’s glass.) The list goes on. It seemed like the house was filled with daddy’s things.
Thankfully last week I finally was driving mommy’s car, reading mommy’s book, and wore mommy’s shoes. It is nice to be included as the owner of a few things.
oh, yes…my son is almost 2 and completely obsessed with ‘daddy’…If I try to do something for him and my husband is home he says “No…daddy!”
We are having the same issue with Daddy with our 18 mos old. When Daddy is around I can’t help him at all – only Daddy. Much to my husbands dismay. He can’t get through dinner without the little guy having a front row seat on his lap.
Too funny! My daughter is that way about Daddy. There usually tends to be a shift. I bet it made you feel good.
Enjoy those days when they are all about daddy! It is likely there will come a day when they walk right past daddy to ask ‘mommy’ everything… mommy will be on the phone… daddy is on the couch nearby… “mommy can I play….?” mommy and daddy talking together… “mommy can you help me”… daddy can actually be in the kitchen and my kids will find me on the couch… “mommy can I have a snack” are you kidding?! 😉 these things we laugh about… how can they not see him! lol!!
So precious! Amazing how they grow and learn!
I think I know how a SuperStar feels when the audience starts shifting their adoration to someone else – someone who has something to offer they don’t. Maybe that’s why God said to not be jealous of others and what they have – because he knew how hard it would be for mommies to finally share that spotlight – and eventually become a back-up singer to finally just being a stage-hand to eventually just sitting in the audience being a fan. However, it is absolutely wonderful that our sons have such deserving daddies!
Believe me, I can so empathize!