2 Year Old Distant from Daddy

Typically, I think you're right and they go to Daddy but maybe she's just jealous and wants you back. Get Daddy to take her somewhere they can do some great bonding. Make sure it's a place they can share alot of new discoveries, an amusement park, a children's museum. I'd have them do one per weekend until this turns around. While they are at the house with you, she'll be likely to cling so get her out of the house where Daddy is her "safe place". Congrats on your new baby!!!! :)

Toddlers will vacillate back and forth. It's not a lack of love; it's figuring out where they want to be. My grandchildren have all gone through periods in which they stuck to mama like velcro. But they didn't have anything against their daddies, except that Daddy wasn't Mama.

My two-year-old granddaughter was here at Christmastime, and she didn't want anything to do with her grandfather. She would talk about him in a friendly way when he wasn't there, but she wouldn't go to him or talk to him when he was. She'll get past this stage, and then it will be Papa who must take her to the playground.

I hope your husband will not take this personally. Your home is turned upside down, as far as your daughter is concerned, with the arrival of the new baby, and it has been only ten days. Let him be friendly and loving and keep his sense of humor, however she regards him. One day she'll turn into Dad's Girl and you'll be wondering how *you* ended up in second place!

She is jealous of the new baby. Baby gets you all the time, she wants you too. When you don't have to be with the baby (feeding) give baby to daddy and give the love to your older girl. Keep giving her "her" time, both of you.

Give her your attention and hold and hug her. Then she won't feel she has been foisted off on Daddy.
Play with her while her Dad is holding the baby. When she sees him bathing the baby and holding the newborn she will warm up to him again.

I'm sure it's normal, and she wants to be reassured that you still love her because a lot of your attention is off of her and on the newborn. Definitely a phase. Just keep on with the love, and talk to her so you can help her understand how she might be feeling.

It's a phase.They change all the time. when she is a teenager she will learn to manipulate him and hurt him at the same time. Ah the torture of being a parent.

VERY normal! All of my girls got super-clingy to me when their little sisters arrived, leaving my poor husband feeling left out. I think it's just because they don't want to feel replaced.

Try to spend a little extra time with your daughter, just the two of you. Let her know just how special she is and how much she loves her. Also, tell your husband not to take it personally and not to try so hard. Kids are like cats....the more you want them to come to you, the more they want the other parent! hahaha

Give your daughter time to adjust to this new little creature that came in and is taking up so much of Mommy's time. Once she sees that HER place has not been usurped, she'll settle back into her old self again. Just be patient.