How to keep the bond?

[Sunbo]

My DH used to have a job whereby he would be around for breakfast time 2 days a week and back for bath time 3 days a week.

Our girls are aged 3 and 6.

He has just started a new job which means he can be around for breakfast everyday (around 30mins with kids) but is never back for bath time Mon-Fri.

It’s only been 3 weeks in the new job but already feels like he has less time with the girls, it seems to me that Bath time/doing the stories, snuggling before bed is a more special time in comparison to the breakfast time.

It doesn’t seem to bother him, and he does have time with them at the weekends, but in the interest of the girls do you think I should suggest he talks to his employer to change his hours so he can be back earlier some days? I am just worried they won’t continue to have the same bond with their dad...?

My DH can be away for weeks at a time... DDs are still Daddy's girls. Their bonding is just done in different ways to a daily routine. It mostly seems to involve fire.

I think you just need to make the new routine work for DH, and your daughters.

What time is bedtime/bathtime, and what time does DH get home? Will he be around in the evening for your older one soon, if her bedtime is later?

Otherwise, make the most of breakfast and the weekends.

My dh is out 7.30 - 7.30 Monday to Friday. They still prefer him to me. Little buggers