This dad's open apology to his 8-month-old daughter is something you need to read
Whether it’s dressing our little ones in animal onesies (because they look cute) or blaming them for letting rip (when it wasn't them)… we’ve all done things during the first year of parenting that our little ones would have protested against at the time (had they understood what was going on).
And one dad called Dave, who can’t live with the guilt anymore, took to his blog, The DADventurer, to write an open apology to his daughter L for all the things he did to her in her first eight months.
Things that most of us will totally relate to!
In this letter, Dave starts by saying he tried to be the best dad he could but, sadly, it hasn’t always gone according to plan.
Taking the opportunity to apologise for certain things that he did during her early days, he writes:
"I have a few admissions that I need to profess. I know that I could keep these confessions to myself and never tell you, but the burden is already too large to bare. The only chance I have to make things right between us is to apologise openly and publicly.”
And this is where the fun starts!
"I apologise for the multiple times that I have given you food that has been thrown on the floor – I realise that if I wouldn’t eat the germ-covered food, then I shouldn’t try to put it in your mouth," he writes.
"I apologise for the time that you headbutted the edge of your cot and was left with a mark – I was too preoccupied with taking photos of you sitting cutely that I forgot to make sure you didn’t fall over."
Continuing, Dave says sorry for that time he put L’s hand on a vacuum cleaner in the belief she would “happily chuckle”.
She didn’t.
And that time he was momentarily distracted and found his daughter chewing her used nappy.
Wanting to get it all off his chest, he writes:
- "I apologise for the time that I scared you when I used a hand dryer after changing your nappy in a public toilet."
- "I apologise for the time that I ate my sandwich off your back as you slept on my lap (and also the time I rested a biscuit on your head)."
- "I apologise for the weird outfit combinations I’ve forced you to wear when it’s been my turn to dress you for the day."
Dave, who is expecting his second child in February 2018, ‘begged’ his daughter for forgive him for his errors…. Which we’re sure she will do – once she learns how to read and turn on a computer!
You can read his full post here.