how to see more of Daddy??

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my DP works very looong hours so he rarely sees the children during the week.
Atthe weekends he is a very very great Dad and it makes me sad to think they are missing out during the week....

Have you got any ideas on how increase the DCs exposure to their daddy during the week?
I do take them for lunch with DP on a week day but not very often and it is a trek.
We do skype if i am away with the Dcs. I talk about him to the DC a lot during the week.

Any suggestions??

So the DCs young are in bed when he gets home on weekdays? Youre at home with them during the week?
Is he in a job that could trade one day in the office for a day working from home?
Can you afford for him to go part time for a while? Even if you got a few hours somewhere to pick up the slack?
Lunch time Skype so they can tell him what they've done that morning?
When he's home get him to film a few 5 minute 'Hi DC's hope you're having a lovely day with Mummy' kind of thing to show them throughout the week?

Out of ideas sorry ( and suspect the ones I made were a bit crap) Hope someone more helpful rocks up. [Blush]

With the film idea you could record him reading them a bedtime story and read/show it to them at bedtime.

How exciting... my first post on here... hi!
Apologies for the lack of acronyms while I get started!
I am dad to a DD 12 weeks old.
I work long hours during the week and often get back during the time that my wife is feeding and settled down for the night, or indeed after they have gone to bed.
I also work weekend mornings, so my decent time with DD is very limited.
I just try to make the most of the time I have, but look forward to when I can leave her notes before I leave for work in the morning, and send texts home to my wife to say how much I love them all.
Why do I work such long hours? To give them a better life I guess...
No answers, I know - but I can thoroughly sympathise

I wouldn't worry too much about it. My own dad worked long shifts when I was a kid, leaving the house before I got up and I'd be in bed when he got home. I treasured the weekends when we'd go off and do things together and have lots of really strong memories and had a very good relationship with him my whole life. OTOH, really don't remember much of what I did with my Mum because she was just always there.

That's reassuring. I don't really worry about it. I just worry about me missing the first smile (which I did), the first roll onto tummy (which I did) etc etc.
That said, my DP has always said that she thinks I'll come into my element when she's a bit bigger and when I come home from work, I can relax with her and joke around whereas DP has to do the serious stuff!

I wouldn't worry too much, as they get older then time with him will increase as bedtimes get later. My DC's rarely saw DH during the week when small and they have a fantastic relationship with him now (they're in their late teens), in fact it's so good that friends have said they are envious of their closeness.

Thanks for all that. I guess because I see them getting on so well at the weekend I am a bit dad they don't get to spend more time together...