Daughter Dream
A daughter in a dream stands for both what you care for and the part of you not yet grown. Traditional reading treated a daughter as the affection and fortune of a household, and read seeing her smile as a good omen of something to celebrate. Holding her or taking her hand means something eases in you, while a crying daughter signals that something you failed to tend is on your mind. It does not forecast anything about a real child, and comes with the same meaning to people who have none.
A dream about a daughter reflects what it is that you cherish and look after. Old dream books treated a daughter appearing as a sign of the house growing warmer. The dream comes even to people with no children.
Readings by Situation
Seeing your daughter smile
A good omen of something to celebrate. Tradition read a child laughing as a household at peace. If you are waiting on news, this reads well.
Holding her or taking her hand
A sign that something eases in you. Tradition read gathering someone into your arms as gaining something to protect. Warmth in the scene reads more strongly still.
A daughter crying
Something you left untended has come back round. Sometimes it points to work you have deferred.
Seeing her grown up
A good omen that the effort you put in bears fruit. Tradition read a child growing as the household rising. It also signals work that takes time.
A dream of a daughter does not foretell anything about a real child. Judge whether it is a conception dream by your circumstances, not by the dream. If the daughter in it was hurt or crying, read that as a sign that you are wearing down, not the child.