Feel rejected as a mom

My 16m boy prefers his dad over me. He would call him papa ever so sweetly and want him to carry whenever he’s around. He runs to his dad when we are out and would push me away to get to his dad. While I know and read it’s a phrase, I can’t help but feel rejected as a mom. And I’m blaming myself for not persisting in breastfeeding him long enough to form a bond.

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Dont worry! I gt 3 boys who all prefer me to their daddy, and sometimes i really hope they can be closer to their daddy and less clingy towards me, so that i can rest.. So diff situation come with different set of problems. Try to find a "niche activity" (such as shopping, cooking, singing, dancing etc) that ur boy likes but ur hubby is not that good at, so that ur boy would find u whenever he wanna do that activity. For my 2 elder boys, they now fight to partner with their dad whenever we play balls, as i sucks at it.

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