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Advice raising the little ones while the father is away
Hello,
My husband left to boot camp a little over a month ago (Oct. 4) When he left our daughter was 11 months she was developing just fine, she already new how to say a few different words. She knew how to say mama, papa, more, no, hello. After my husband left she has been acting differently, she's a year old now and she doesn't say ANY of the words she used to know, the ONLY word she saids now is papa. She acts up alot and doesn't eat much.
My question is, is it really possible for a child this young to act out like this because their father is missing??? If so what can I do to make the situation better on her? I show her pictures of her dad ALL the time and even read some of the poems that he sends us.
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Permalink Reply by Michelle on
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Thank you so much!! I love the idea of having voice recording! She has been a Daddy's Girl since birth so I know she would love that. I am worried that maybe her development might get affected with him being gone. Is it normal for her to forget the words she has already learned and then pick them up later on? Or is she just choosing to not say any other word as a way of acting out?
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That would make sense, yes "papa" is what she calls her dad, we're Hispanic so "papa" means daddy in Spanish. I am happy that she stills remembers him since that was my husbands biggest concern since she is so young, but at the same time it makes me sad because she's suffering just as much as I am with him being away.
Do you find that it gets easier with time? Or do you still have your hard days with your little ones?
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Permalink Reply by Dreamer1118 SHIP 13 DIV 314!!! on
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my boys are 2 and 4 and when hubby is gone even just 1 night they cry, scream, and stomp feet. lots of potty accidents and back talking. its very normal for some acting out. my boys seem to think i made daddy go away so they don't like me right now. they'll get over it when their daddy gets home!
when my husband was in basic training they acted out for about 2 weeks then they attached to my brothers and my dad. now a week after we moved my dad and brothers are on the other side of country and i'm sure they feel freaked out because for a night they don't have daddy... plus they don't have either uncle or grandpa. it's all part of military wife's life though. we take care of the kids they take care of the bringing home the money and we all bring pride to our families. can't beat the perks of the military either!
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