Recently, Sarah has started expressing a preference as to which one of us she wants to help her with things. It's not all the time (luckily!) and her preferences are inconsistent. Sometimes she will insist, for example, that Daddy help put her swimsuit on, and if he's available to do so, we try to accommodate her. When she's like this she sometimes has a mini fit if I try to help her instead.

Does this sound familiar to anyone? What have you done? There are times when it's less convenient (though possible) for one of us to help her, but I'm wondering if we should acommodate her or not. Sometimes we do, sometimes we don't. She rarely asks for one of us to help her if we're not home, so I'm convinced it's a power/control thing.

Thanks!
Melissa, mom to Sarah (5/03)