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Tell us about the everyday interactions between your partner and kids that make you smile - £300 voucher to be won NOW CLOSED

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JustineBMumsnet · 19/05/2016 11:41

With Father’s Day coming up, Cadbury’s Buttons have asked us to find out about the everyday shared moments you see between your partner and kids that make you smile.

Is it watching them horse around outdoors? Or seeing them cuddled up on the sofa reading a story? Maybe it’s when you see them do something that makes you realise how alike they are. Whatever the interaction is, let Cadbury’s Buttons know below.

All MNers who post on this thread will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 Love2Shop voucher.

Note: please feel free to share interactions between your children and your wider family or other adults in their lives.

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Tell us about the everyday interactions between your partner and kids that make you smile - £300 voucher to be won NOW CLOSED
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chdmum20 · 26/05/2016 22:46

When we pull up to the house from school and he gets home before us and she screams daddy's home (deafening me in the process) and then runs up the garden path and jumps on him Grin

MummyRocketButterfly · 26/05/2016 23:44

My DP isn't biologically my DC but he does a pretty good job of it! My DS is autistic and is obsessed with DPs deep voice (that he puts on) and before bed every night DS gets him to chase him whilst saying "fe fi fo thum look out (DSs name) here I come!" Makes me smile so much!! DD doesn't like mummy doing her hair either she prefers my DP to do it so she flutters her eyelashes and no matter what he's doing he'll drop it and do her hair! (She's just like me when I was her age) makes me giggle Smile love them all the world

Firewall · 27/05/2016 00:01

When my DP turns into the fuzzy monster! Our LO loves that game and being caught and tickled!

Ntinyn · 27/05/2016 12:56

I love watching them potter around the garden watering and planting, kicking a ball around, sharing an ice cream. My heart melts at how natural he is.

shydaylily · 27/05/2016 16:44

When we stop and look at flowers and enjoy the lovely smells of roses, in the garden

Madz1982 · 27/05/2016 20:46

I love how excited my little boy gets when he hears his daddy coming through the door after work! His daddy does lots of rough and tumble play with him turning him upside down and tickling him! I love seeing how much fun they have together!

toodles60 · 27/05/2016 21:12

Every Saturday my partner spends a couple of hours with my daughters doing whatever they choose which is usually making beaded jewellry. it makes me smile to watch this 6ft 3 man sitting patiently putting beads onto elastic and making bracelets etc. I sometimes stand around the corner and he really gives it 100% and it can be really funny to watch

KeepOnPlodding · 27/05/2016 22:49

DH has always travelled a lot for work and was often away all week when DC was small.

DC therefore christened Saturday "SaturDaddy" because that's when DH would be home. I still remember DC getting excited going to bed on Friday night because tomorrow would be "Satur-Daddy"!!! Smile

Years later, DC seeks out Daddy at the weekend.

NerrSnerr · 28/05/2016 07:20

My 20 month old loves pretending to speak to her dad on the phone when he's at work. She says 'hello. Yeah yeah yeah. Peppa?. Yeah yeah yeah. Bye' she loves her pretend chats to him.

pushedtothepoint · 28/05/2016 08:34

Our little boy can be a bit overdramatic at times and often gets very upset when he gets 'hurt'. What I mean by this is that he can be touched lightly by someone on the arm and he'll be crying and very upset, like his arm is dropping off.

My husband deals with him brilliantly. He's so calm and they get out a plastic sonic screwdriver from Doctor Who and Daddy zaps the area better! It works every time and is such a creative, thoughtful and fun way to help our son. I love it!

Maclairey · 28/05/2016 08:40

Ours are still quite little but our eldest (3) loves to copy daddy. So if daddy is mowing the lawn DS wants to push the mower. If daddy is making tea, DS wants to sit on the side and help. If daddy is building/mending something, DS loves to participate with his own (plastic) screwdriver. DH has a lot more patience for that kind of thing than me and will happily involve DS with anything he is doing. You can see the pride in his eyes and that makes my heart swell.

ha2el · 28/05/2016 15:30

My husband brushing his teeth and the boys emulating his actions, watching as they brush away.

leanneth · 28/05/2016 18:07

I just love sitting back sometimes and listening to interactions between ds1, dd and Dh. He is so utterly patient with them even when ds1 asks millions of questions and dd calls him by his real name rather than "Daddy". She is only 2 and thinks it is hilarious!

leanneth · 28/05/2016 18:10

Oh, forgot to say- Dh has a lovely smiley face and when all three have been babies, they have all learnt to smile from watching him (I like to think!). So cute!

Annamaria0 · 29/05/2016 12:07

My DH often teases our DS, claiming he's going to call him by a new nickname, rather than his name. He then proceeds to list funny-sounding nicknames, like Womble or Wimble, and DS always protests: I'm not a Womble! He always finds it funny, and you have to consider that, being autistic, he has communication issues. So the fact that he understands it is meant to be funny, and that he is being teased, is more of an achievement than it'd be with a neurotypical child.

whenthetimecomes · 29/05/2016 12:09

To see DH with highly anxious autistic 12 y.o. helping him have a little (safe) go at driving the ride-on lawnmower, wearing his big red earphones to keep the noise out and carefully slowly navigating a route marked out by cones on the lawn.

So grateful he does this kind of thing with him that I couldn't do.

SuzCG · 29/05/2016 12:52

My hubby was never really very good in the baby stage but my, how his relationship has changed with the kids now they are older. I love to listen to them upstairs, messing around before bath time - laughing like drains!

cubesofjelly · 30/05/2016 01:41

Both DCs are energetic and fidgety, so rarely sit still. So it's very special to see them sat cuddled up with DH on the sofa, usually one on his lap and the other leaning on him at his side. Also when they give him a cuddle and a kiss, it's not a regular thing and with one child with autism (potentially both) interactions are a huge deal to us. He has such a great relationship with both of them it's so lovely to see them share something in return and be so relaxed and comfortable with him.

avidlounger · 30/05/2016 03:30

when he comes in the house, the kids buzz around him like bees and always have done, they want to find out about his day, ask him how he is, show them something important to him, grass on me for whatever it is I have done now, but it is always done with a smile and he always enjoys that little bit of dad attention. He always says he loves them to each one before he leaves each day for work which I think is beyond special. I like that even though they are all older teens now this is how they have been for years and seeing dad is still special and important.

samcornfield · 30/05/2016 12:02

When my son beats my hubby at Risk

QOD · 30/05/2016 12:22

When dd was little, it was him rubbing her back with his crusty old builders hands Grin
now she's 17 they kinda grunt at each other Sad

ChubbyMummy12 · 30/05/2016 15:34

I love it when we all go and wake my DP up (he works night shifts) and my 4 Year old DS and my 5month old DD all have cuddles in bed with their daddy. Just to see both their little faces light up when their dad gives them their bear hug. It's always the little things Smile

EDisFunny · 30/05/2016 16:00

I no longer have a partner but I love seeing my youngest with my BIL. We get together about every 6 weeks and my DS just runs up, grabs his hand, and knows that they'll spend the day being best buddies. They explore rock pools, and go hunting wild mushrooms, ride their bikes, etc. It is wonderful to watch the confidence my DS has in his uncle.

Woodenmouse · 30/05/2016 16:30

Dh is in charge of bath and bed time with ds1 and they have a lovely little routine. Dh baths ds puts on his pyjamas and puts him to bed then he reads a story (normally ds's favourite one) ds know it off by heart and helps dh read it. Then dh tucks him up and says "night night love you, no playing its time to sleep".
If I put ds to bed if dh is working late etc then ds says to me "night night mummy, daddy says no playing its time to sleep".
It's so cute.

Den · 30/05/2016 22:22

My DH works incredibly hard for our family and rarely gets time to play with the children which breaks my heart but when he does get a few minutes nothing makes me happier than watching him and our DS playing catch. Just throwing a ball back and forth helps the bonding of a very special relationship. They can be silent or be talking about serious matters but it does melt my heart to see them spending precious time together.