I know with Matilda I would say it when she was asleep all the time & had to start making an effort to say it more often. When she was a baby she's scream herself to sleep all the time, either in my arms or in the cot & I found it really hard to say "I love you" through the screams. Now DH & I say it everytime we leave the girls, on the phone and just because. With Matilda now she will occasionally run up to me & say "I love you too mummy" which has brought tears to my eyes as she is saying it before me. Jovie I say "I love you" everytime she has a breastfeed & when we are having a cuddle.

Because I didn't hear it unless there was a reason at home I always try to say it for as many things as I can and remind myself to say it more whenever.