This morning as I woke up, in the usual way I cuddled our 5 week old daughter Julianna for little while as she awakened. I kept playing with her and saying over and over: “Are you Daddy’s best girl? Are you Daddy’s best girl?” Of course I had no idea this was grating on my wife who uttered a very telling complaint:
“All she has to do is spit up and breathe and she gets to be your best girl?”
Oops. This is one of those moments a husband might call a “I could of had a V8″ time. Mostly in the sense of bonking yourself on the head.
I’m going to make a point in the midst of all my doting on my two GORGEOUS daughters to give a lot of attention to my AMAZINGLY GORGEOUS wife. I think it’s easy as a dad sometimes to get tunnel vision toward your kids and in the act neglect the very woman who made all your pride possible. Though we can’t get a sitter, I’m gonna take her out for Mexican (her favorite) for lunch today. Gonna make sure I’m giving at LEAST equal time, if not more where it’s deserved ;)
Hi. I'm Damien Riley, MA.
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I have a 3 month old baby girl (number one) and she he arrival her mother has been a little neglected. I need to find time for her and her alone. I don’t want thing’s between us to turn to s…. I keep on saying I will do somethin tomorrow but that never comes. Your post has given me that push I needed to do something TODAY!! Thanks.
Gerri. That is one of the coolest things I’ve read on a comment here since I started.
Take her out to eat or something good, she deserves it!
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