39 WAYS TO SAY 'I LOVE YOU' TO YOUR CHILD EVERYDAY
Saying I love you to your child is never going to be enough in our household no matter how many times we say that.
Our little ones may wanna hear it all the time but I wonder how many times we make them FEEL it. Here’s some everyday habits that will make our I love Yous more meaningful 🙂
Directly expressing your love to kids is great but do you know that we do express our love everyday, may be every hour in micro mini methods? Yes we do.
In case, you didn’t know, here’s the list of micro habits we have that scream Love and care for our child.( oops! moms are not supposed to scream lol)
Simple ways to show your Love for your little ones
- Greet them in the morning with a hug, smile and sweet words. My favourite is "good morning Sunshine!" but anything will do as long as it's full of love
- Talk with them during breakfast. Talk, ask and talk more . A quiet place is never a good place specially if there are kids living there
- Ask them how they like their breakfast. Give them a choice. It can be as simple as toast and cereal
- Ask them about their plans that day
- Tell them it's going to be a great day
- Remind them fun things they can do depending on the weather
- Encourage self help skills
- Talk about things we see in nature. Helping children bond with nature is one of the greatest gifts we can give them as parents
Read more about kids and nature
- Learn about their interests
- Read their favourite book to them whenever possible
- Sing their favourite song to cheer them up
- Be silly with them
- Dance with them
- Let them learn new skills. Make mistakes
- Encourage them to make new friends
- Comfort them when they are hurt or distressed
- Identify their cues of hunger, tiredness, frustration and act real quick
- Let them vent out their big emotions
- Let them cry on your shoulder
- Love them even when they show mischievous behaviour
- Talk about their behaviour later when they calm down
- Encourage them to try new food
- Not show frustration when they don't want to try new food. (it's a tough one)
- Not comment on their appearance in a negative way. Use body-positive language
- Help them to be confident about themselves
- Talk about their mistakes, forgive and move on. Don't remind it to them again and again
- Encourage sibling bond
- Equity NOT equality. Ex: When taking care of two young kids this helped me. I do not treat them equally I am afraid. I give more (of my time)to the more distressed one at the given moment whether it's my younger one or the older one
- Give one on one time for each child
- Use kind words at all times, if you lose temper, apologise. Teach them it's ok to be angry but it's not ok to hurt others.
- Pack their favourite snacks in school lunches. Encourage healthy eating without pushing it on them
- At night, ask them about their day. On holidays, get their help cooking food. Make it fun family time.
- Picnics during weekends. Read this article about easy picnic food ideas
More Ways To Say I Love You To Your Child
- Distract and redirect their disruptive behaviour
Read my article about Tantrums and how to handle them
- Family time where you all spend time together and make memories for life
- Talking about your own childhood with them.your sweet memories and how world has changed since then
- Watch their favourite T.V shows together and try to get to know about their interests
- Share hobbies together. Ex: Hiking, Swimming, Camping etc. 3B rule for bedtime. Bath, Book and Bed
Find some bedtime stories to read aloud for kids
- Good night kiss and a little reminder how much they mean to you
Yes, you are their happy place and you are the first person they think of when they think of home. Because you ARE their home.
We all love our kids to bits but we can all do little bit better everyday to make our hugs warmer and kisses sweeter.
Share with us your own ways of expressing love to your kids.
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