My DH is taking a new job out of state. Initially he will be commuting, fly out Monday and home Thursday. We will try this for two months and if job is good we will move there. Any advice on helping DD cope? We figure we can Skype. He has traveled sporadically before and it was hard for her.
Re: DH travel how to help DD
DH travels 10-12days every 6ish weeks. Since July even more. I do the following.
1) the map. He travels internationally, so we use pushpins and each day name where he is and the continent, and find the right pin.
2. We go online and listen to a song from the country. We learn to count to 10 and say hello in the language.
3. I use huge posterboard and draw a huge airplane. There is a window for each day he is gone. I put a pic of his face on the first day. We count how many he days he's gone, how many more until he's back and then move him to the next window every morning. This helps ALOT.
4. We have a recordable book that I had him record and we listen to it when they're blue. DS sleeps with the book- he gets the most dumpy.
5. we always take him to the airport and pick him up.
Now every weekday morning they ask him if he's going to work by car or plane (sad!).
Good luck!