My daughter since she was born has almost always spent one weekend night at my parents. It was great at first because it gave me a break and as long as my fiance didn't work we would have a date night. However, as she got older and developed we started noticing certain behaviors while at nana and pa's.....she follows my mom around constantly (if she knows my mom is in the house she tries to find her), she throws temper-tantrums to get her way (and they let her), she is way more clingy and whines, plus she prefers my mom over anyone, and throws a fit when we have to leave or separate her from grandma. My dad is there too and has a bond with her, but not to the degree that my mom does. Is this normal behavior at this age? We are really considering starting to limit the time she has there, not only because of the behavior problems, but she also doesn't seem to sleep well there (she will come back from there house and need a 4 hour nap when she normally takes a 2 hour one). I know my mom has helped to create some of the problem, but I don't believe it is all her fault and I don't want to hurt them by saying my daughter isn't able to spend the night anymore. What I want to do is let them have her for a few hours instead of the whole night, but any suggestions or advice would be helpful :)
