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Reintegration with LO
For those of you with LOs under 2, how did your child act when your spouse returned from deployment? I assume it will take a bit for DD to warm back up to DH. It breaks my heart because he has told me several times he is worried LO won't remember him.
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Re: Reintegration with LO
Luckily, we are able to skype fairly often, but she basically just points to the screen, says hi, shows him her belly button or whatever new trick she wants to show off, and then runs off to play.
LO has stranger anxiety right now. It took awhile to warm up to her grandparents when they recently came to visit. We skype with them once a week, but she's only seen them a handful of times in person.
Thanks for your input.
When my BIL deployment my nephew was 7 months old... He wasn't able to skype and was only able to call 1-2 times a month. He was home due to combat injuries just before he turned 1. My sister still believes to this day that he remembered who is daddy was and didn't have issues warming up to him.
Every child is different and it was depend on yours. You know your child best. I am pg with my first, so I can't give completely solid advice, but I'd say to try to make your LO as comfortable as possible around him and slowly give alone time with him as your LO becomes more comfortable with him.