I think that it's also her age, in addition to her personality. My older daughter was a Mommy's girl at that age, and my just-turning-3 is starting it now. Over the weekend, when we had yet another round of "I want Mommy to do it..." my DH looked at me and said, "Oh, it's this phase again, is it?" One of the most important things is for your DH to not take it personally, because it's hard to be rejected by your kid and it's easy for feelings to be hurt. My husband kept at it, though, with DD7, and now they have a great relationship, and do things together (like playing chess and building with Kinex) that I have no interest in.
