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[quote=Anonymous]Can you just do special things with her? Special for her (not you). Take her shopping, concert, movie, so thing with her friends perhaps?

I have 3 kids (11, 9 and almost 6) and always focused on the older kids and left my husband or nanny with younger one. When my second was born, I would leave her with the nanny or husband and spend time with older one. When my third was born, I left him with nanny/husband and spent time with older two. In my case, my third became very attached to my husband while our older girls were much closer to me. By the time our son was 4, he was too attached to his dad and my husband babied him too much. I took the opportunity of a trip to visit my family without husband to bond with our son. Since then, I forced it a bit making sure I was always the one around him, putting him to sleep. It helps that after Covid my husband is traveling more and out of the house for bedtime at least once a week.

1 year later and now my son is equally attached to us. He goes to me first for most things and to his dad when he wants to play more physical games.

Obviously this won’t work with a teenager, but I still think you need to try and reconnect.

I make sure I spend some time alone with each of my kids every day. Even 10-15 minutes before they go to bed, to listen to them, ask questions, snuggle, tell a story, etc.

Good luck OP![/quote]

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