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My husband is leaving for boot camp!
My husband is leaving for boot camp next week on Monday just wondering if anyone else is in the same shoes or has any advice for me! I have 2 little ones that will miss their daddy so much and I dont know how I am going to get through this!!! I will miss him like crazy!
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Permalink Reply by MidwestMom on
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Go to http://www.navyformoms.com/group/leavinforbootcampinjune/forum/topi... and you will find other wives who are also going through this. One of them also has two small children. Join the Leavin in June group and they'll help you get through this. The first two weeks are the hardest, but you will make it! After he leaves, you'll find other wives in the Boot Camp Moms group and eventually in your PIR group. You can do this. After BC, you'll have a lot more contact with him.
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Have your little ones draw pictures to send to Daddy - they receive mail every day but can only write letters once a week. Have him send them their own personalized letters back. Maybe a countdown calendar that they can mark off every night before they go to bed "one day closer to seeing Daddy!".
I would also advise to take a good hard look at your finances before he leaves because it could be up to a month before he receives his first paycheck; I've seen so many posts on here about wives who weren't prepared to not have any income, even if for a short period. (Not that you don't have enough to worry about already)...
Good luck to you and your husband!!
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Thanks for the calendar idea is a good one I definetly will use that! As far as money we have prepared ourselves for that and we have money saved so hopefully we should be good!! Thank you again!
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There are recordable childrens books at Hallmark and I've also seen them at Wal-Mart. Pick one up and have daddy record it that way while he is gone, he can still read them a bedtime story!
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I thought about that before we are definetly going to do that we need to do something so they can feel like he is here with us and coming back this is not a perminit change!
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When my husband was out to sea, I always had our family photo in a frame down on the end table where our daughter had access and could grab it. I didn't worry about the frame as much as I worried she'd forget daddy's face. I always made a point to pray for daddy too at night with her. They adjust...better than us sometimes.
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went through the same thing decades ago however. Be the brave one for him. Keep the talk positive and just encourage the heck out of him that he can do this and think of the results it will bring to your family. We were both working at crappy jobs at the time and enlisting was not only the right thing to do for patriotism's sake but it also meant a future for our whole family. You will miss him and I can imagine the struggle to keep the house going especially with 2 babies, but you will find out that you are strong enough to do it too. The friends I made at different duty stations turned out to be life long friends, because military families really do stick together. Basic is the hardest separation in my opinion pending on your family support, with the exception of them being in harms way, because once you get to that 1st duty station you are surrounded by people in the same boat that really understand what you are going through. It does stink being separated, you just have to keep the future results in the forefront of your mind and the main focus when he calls or when you write to him. If he thinks you are falling apart without him it can mess him up. He needs to be able to focus on getting through it and not worrying that the kids are train wrecks etc. It's hard on them, and it's just as hard on us, but you really need to
be a pillar of strength for his sake. Let him know he is missed, but I found I became more confident and independent through the process as well. Good luck to you and your family
Jane
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