{"id":2449,"date":"2010-09-20T21:59:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T21:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/zaparents-blog\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2022-06-09T20:58:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T18:58:41","slug":"words-to-my-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/parenting\/positive-parenting\/words-to-my-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Words to my daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dear Layla <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My baby girl who\u2019s changed our world forever \u2013 you are the most precious little person that fills each day with your smiles, cuddles and love. It\u2019s difficult to remember what life was before you arrived and how we survived without the cuddles, baby breathe and sweet little noises you love to make.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult to find the words to describe the love we have for you&#8230; there are times that I walk into your room and you greet me with a smile that fills the entire room \u2013 it physically makes me want to burst with love for you, with an emotion that comes from deep within my soul<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dear Husband to Me and Daddy to Layla<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You do know that you\u2019re the best Daddy in the world&#8230; that\u2019s quite a big title, but I know that to Layla you are the best Daddy ever. Pretty awesome to know that you\u2019re going to be someone\u2019s real life hero soon.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve learnt a lot in the very short 4 months \u2013 both about being parents and each other. Could we ever have known how our lives would be changed. There are times that I miss you and seem that life is all consumed by being a mom \u2013 I promise to try my best to focus on you as much as I do Layla \u2013 bear with me as I find the balance, and the hours in the day to get to everything. Just as much as I love our monkey, I love you more. We did this together, created such a perfect little creature and have our whole lives together moulding, teaching and loving our baby girl. I know we\u2019re going to make mistakes, but more than that, I know we\u2019re\u00a0 going to be amazing parents, a great husband and wife team and together provide a family where she is loved and treasured daily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dear Me<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You rock as a mom, and don\u2019t you forget it. You\u2019ve got a blank canvas to work with here\u00a0 \u2013 remember that, but also don\u2019t let it overwhelm you \u2013 as you already know that this parenting thing can get overwhelming! Teach her every day, love her every minute, let her explore, help her create, encourage her to discover, let her make mistakes and trust that you are doing a great job. You\u2019ve waited for this all your life and you were born to be a mom. Don\u2019t let your career distract you &#8211; your work is important, you need it and enjoy it, but this little girl is your real job now and you\u2019ve been promoted to CEO from day one. Training is in-house, remuneration is paid in love and vacation time is limited \u2013 all this and you\u2019ve still got the best job in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Our baby girl, we cherish each day we have with you. You are our gift from God and as we try and teach you all about life, we love every minute that you teach us what life is about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Note: If you enjoyed this article, and would like to stay updated with more, you can:<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><i><\/i><span class=\"s1\"><i>Subscribe to our free weekly Jozikids\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/member-registration\/\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>newsletter<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0 for parents in Gauteng<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><i><\/i><span class=\"s1\"><i>Like us on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jozikids.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Facebook<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><i><\/i><span class=\"s1\"><i>Follow us on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/jozikids?igshid=1n8cwedrewul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Instagram<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My baby girl who\u2019s changed our world forever \u2013 you are the most precious little person that fills each day with your smiles, cuddles and love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":351875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[237],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-positive-parenting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}