Tantrums and parental preference

My son is having a lot of tantrums as well. It’s just their age big emotions tiny bodies.

This age is a tough one because they're starting to have more complex thoughts, desires, and feelings but they don't have the skills to communicate these things effectively alot of times. This is super duper frustrating for them and the tantrums really amp up. It's completely normal. Also parental preference is normal too. Annoying sometimes but normal. I'm a stay at home mom and my kids definitely have a preference for dad. Pretty sure it's just cause I'm with them 24/7 and he's not. Also alot of the times I'm the one saying no and being the bad guy and he just upholds what I say. Which of course then has my kids see me as the bad guy in situations. So I can see why they have a preference for dad. Dad is a softie who will bend over backwards for them and they know they can push him to get what they want and they absolutely know it.

I think it's ok to let dad handle the soothing because it's a phase and your son's going to grow it of it. The only thing to watch out for is if dad is soothing with treats, tv, giving in to demands, etc, which would actually increase the frequency of tantrums and make it harder to grow out of. If it's just emotional soothing, it's fine, although it's probably a little distracting from dad's work. Also, take heart, many kids flip their parental preference around the time they start preschool. I'm a SAHM and mine have always been "mommy's kids"

Mine is the same. Started at around 20 months. He also doesn't listen to us when we tell him to stop doing something than a massive fit when he looses privileges due to bad behavior. Mine is a mama's boy and I feel horrible when he won't go to my husband.

I got on here to basically ask this same question while my son currently cries in his room while his dad is trying to put him down. It’s exhausting having to intervene and do everything myself because he just won’t let dad handle it. Is it normal for him to be non stop crying/screaming though? I’m just emotionally exhausted 😣