The sweet taste of victory!

It’s been sort of a trend in my house that the kids become super attached to their dad from about 6 months until 2 years, and then they turn in to stereotypical “mama’s boys”.

So, my youngest, who turned 2 already, showed no signs of making the switch to “loving” mommy, which I have decided was probably for the best, I mean, do I really need them all to be “I want mommy!” all the time??

Anyways, the mousehunter was away on business for a night, and was sorely missed by the 2 year old, who, as soon as he heard the garage gate opening, said “daiie? daiie?” and got very excited about the return of his daddy! I thought for sure all hope of me being the object of his affections was lost!

However, last night, when “daiie” tried to put him to bed, the kid cried and cried and cried, and we were totally bewildered, until I came into the room and said “do you want mommy?”... he nodded sadly and threw himself into my arms!! I don’t know if I was happy that he’s finally becoming mine, or if it was the fact that mousehunter lost him, but I had a strange sense of satisfaction!

Mama: 3 Mousehunter: 0

Thoughts from iMuslim

hahaha

Yes, cos it’s all about the competition, Shaz! Congratulations on another “win”.

Thoughts from iMuslim

(At least MH still kicks your ass in Squash )

Thoughts from sf

You remind me of a time when we went out(my daughter and I) and there was this nice lady whom she got *attached* too so much that when coming back home, she didn’t want to come to me :(. I got so *worried*, hehehehe, thinking omg,my daughter has *rejected* her own mother!
Yaay, for you, lol.

Thoughts from Absolutely Bananas

Oh I so understand THIS.  A few months back, CJ decided that he ONLY liked daddy. It just about did me in.

Thoughts from Yolanda

My youngest one is all about daddy all of the time, but on the rare occasion he reaches for me he knows he’ll have me wrapped around his little finger.  I have to wonder if it’s all just a ploy to keep me at his command lol.

Thoughts from Lyssa

I love that story, soo endearing..

Thoughts from koonj

Kind of the opposite around here. Raihana has just recently started to ask about abbu a lot, and hug him etc. Me, she takes for granted -actually she shows me affection too, but when I’m away, she doesn’t really ask about me which is like amazing to me because I meet ALL her needs and abbu is absentminded.

But today I was so touched by her. I was kinda down, and she looked at me and her eyes got big, and she pointed to my eyes and babbled something sadly, as if she was noticing the sadness.

Thoughts from shaz

iMuslim, har har.. you are just sooo funny!

sf, I’ve been through these weird situations with my kids too, there is never any rhyme of reason as to what attracts those kids! My 2 year old though, seems to love beards!

Jen, awww, I think I would feel the same if I had one child… but since I have 3, I don’t really mind if one prefers daddy, in fact I encourage it on occasion!

Yolanda, loool, I think he KNOWS how to get what he wants!!

Thanks Lyssa!

Koonj, awww, I hope you’re feeling better ia. You know, i’ve noticed with my eldest, he can really read me, he seems to be the only one that actually cares if I am feeling down. I think you’ll have that with R as well ia. They are a mercy too.