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Blue Ivy remained covered up as the family returned from a cruise to celebrate Beyonce's 31st birthday in September. Around the same time, Jay-Z, 42, told a reporter that his baby would have a very different life to his own. "She doesn't have to be tough. She has to love herself, she has to know who she is, she has to be respectful, and be a moral person," he said.
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![They do some of the dirty work themselves: "Actually, [Jay-Z] is very good. We both [change diapers]. I love changing diapers ... I love every moment of it, it's so beautiful. I love it all," Beyonce revealed on <i>Anderson Live</i>.](http://images.essentialbaby.com.au/2013/01/08/3937618/foot-80x80.jpg)





![They've got friends in very high places - the super couple are friends with President Obama and the First Lady, Michelle. In an interview with a US radio station, Obama revealed he'd given the new dad some advice: "I made sure that Jay-Z was helping Beyonce out [with the baby], and not leaving it all with mum and the mother-in-law." When Jay-Z later threw a fundraising party for Obama's re-election campaign, the president joked that he and the rapper shared a bond because "we both have daughters and our wives are more popular than we are".](http://images.essentialbaby.com.au/2013/01/08/3937765/obama-80x80.jpg)


![Behind it all, they're just a couple madly in love with their daughter. In May, Jay-Z said, "I thought I would be more inspired to have all these new feelings to [rap] about, but I really just want to hang out with my daughter. I want to enjoy this time for what it is."](http://images.essentialbaby.com.au/2013/01/08/3937619/jay-z-80x80.jpg)




