momof3

Thank you so much Anna.  I am sure that as the date gets closer to her leaving I will have more and more questions.lol:)  Right now we are working on things I can help with, car,phone,banking etc...If you can think of anything that we need to have in place to make things easier please let me know.  I appreciate you willing to give of your experiences to help make our life easier.  Congratulations on your children's accomplishments. And even though I am afraid of roller coasters, I am on!!

taylordays,

Well luckily I only got the one reply from you!!  I see where the one below that you thought you were posting to my page instead was posted on your own!!!  LOL - that's ok - - negotiating this website does take some time.  Oh, and I hate roller coasters!!!  But this journey sure is like a roller coaster - - up and down and around and OMG!!!!

One thing I would suggest is you have a talk with your daughter about how you want to handle any bad news that may (but hopefully won't) come up during bootcamp.  I have seen many discussions on different groups from moms asking what they should do when they have bad news and don't know whether to tell their recruit or not.  Personally I had this happen when my son was in boot (a good friend of his died in a car accident).  I decided NOT to tell my son, went to the funeral in his place, and told him about it after graduation.  I knew he wouldn't want/or be able to leave boot for this and there wouldn't be anything he could do from so far away, so I didn't want to upset him when he was already dealing with so much.  He understood, but I know daughters can be different.  I had this talk with my daughter who is in OCS now.

Other than that, just enjoy every minute you can spend with her and really be open to any concern, fears, or even things she is looking forward to.  While she is in bootcamp, you may get a letter or phone call telling you she hates it and is miserable.  This is to be expected and has happened several times.  May not happen to your daughter but if it does then you have to be ready to encourage her, and remind her of what she wants to achieve.  Bootcamp is intense, but it is temporary, and is not a fair view of what regular Navy life will be like.

Sorry this is so long!!!!

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