We try to make time to spend special one on one time with our kids, especially DD now she is getting older- I think she gets a little tired of sharing everything with her brother, so likes to go out with just her dad, or I alone. I am trying to encourage DH to spend some more one on one time with DD as I keep saying to him, the relationship you build now will be the foundations of the relationship you have with your teenage daughter.

When I was a kid we used to get a 'sick' day a couple of times a year, where we would stay home and hang out with mum. I also have very fond memories of heading out and doing things alone with my dad.