My own daughter rejects me...

I have a 2-1/2 year old daughter and I love her more than anything in the world. I have tried my hardest to show her love and affection every day, even when I'm extremely depressed, I try to put on the happy face and play with her as if nothing is wrong.

I tell her I love her every day. I kiss her boo-boos. I tell her she's pretty when I fix her hair or paint her little fingernails.

But even my own daughter doesn't love me.

She loves her Daddy. It's all about Daddy. When he comes home from work, she runs to the door screaming "Daddy Daddy Daddy!!" and gives him a big hug. It's enough to melt your heart, it is so sweet. But when I come home? Nothing. I try to give her a hug and she runs the other direction.

Lately she won't even let me put her to bed anymore. I miss those days when she would let me rock her to sleep, sing her lullabies, read her stories. She won't even sit in my lap anymore. If my husband is home at night, I can not put her to bed - she will cry for her Daddy forever until he comes to put her down. And then she's out in 5 seconds. But 30 minutes of me rocking her to sleep did nothing - all she wants is him.

Even from birth, she has rejected me. She rejected the breast. I tried everything imaginable to feed her but nothing ever worked. Four months of trying herbs and potions and pumps and shields and every technique possible, but all she wanted was a bottle...from Daddy.

I just feel like a complete failure as a mother. I know every girl is a Daddy's girl, but can't she just give me one little hug?