As our son was born with strabismus and went through multiple surgeries, we spent the first 6 years of his little life running from a doctor's office to another, bringing him to his physiotherapist, to his weekly activities, helping with the homework.
When our little girl was born, (by then, our son turned 6), we had to adjust our time as to give her some time.
The first year of her life, my wife nursed her, fed her, and changed her. I had just the time to give her bath because I did not find a balance between my job, my son's activities.
But as she turned one, and she began to crawl, walk, shout, I realized that I needed to give her more time that I needed to take care of her, play with her. I realized that this little tiny baby needed my attention as much as her brother...
So here some of the things we did that helped me spend more time with my daughter: when I went roller-blading with my son, I put my daughter in the stroller and roller-blade with her. She loved that. My wife came with us but from time to time, she stayed home getting some rest. It did her good.
When I brought our son to the physiotherapist, my daughter came with me. There is a swimming pool in the facilities; she loved watching the kids swimming....
The most important thing that helped me spend some time with my daughter as much as with my son and my wife is by doing activities together. It is as simple as having dinner at the same time, going for a walk, go the grocery store together.
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