How To Be Your Daughter's Daddy

I have known since before our daughter arrived that she would be a 'Daddy's girl'. I just knew it...I find it adorable, though.  I love hearing my husband talking sweetly to her over the baby monitor, catch them cuddling on the couch when I get home & see the way his eyes (and her's!) light up when he walks through the door...being a daddy's girl is a good thing to be...

So when I ran across this little book by Dan Bolin called "How to Be Your Daughter's Daddy" , I enjoyed wondering how things will be in the future between my husband & my daughter if he implements some of these tips. 

Here are some of my favorite tips from the book:

• Learn the names of her dolls or stuffed animals (and give her privacy when she's talking to them)
• Kiss her mother in her presence
• Brush her hair
• Eat lunch with her at school
• Send her a flower when you are out of town
• Compliment her character and skill three times for every one compliment on her appearance
• Give up something for her (golf, television, smoking, hobbys, etc).  She may not appreciate it, but it will remind you of her great worth to you.
• Write a letter to her for New Year's Day.  Tell her what you've noticed about her in the last year (save each letter every year).
• Hold her when she cries...no matter how old she is.
• Call her from work when she gets home from school just to see how her day went.

There are 355 more tips in this book & I love almost all of them, so I may continue highlighting a few each week.

What can I say, I love how much my husband loves our daughter!