My husband and I are seperated but he does get supervised visits every 2 weeks. This is often enough for my 17 month old son to be constantly asking for dada. So recently I decided to give him his own picture of Dada so when he asks for Dada I send him looking for his picture. Not sure if its helping or making it worse. My heart brakes for him I know he misses him does anyone have any suggestions to help my son as obviosly he is too young to understand.
Thanks will look for the Daddy doll. Unfortunately the idea of more frequent visits arent really possible we are about 350 miles away.
We have the Daddy Dolls. THey were $25 four years ago I think they are more now.
Try hugahero.com
THey also come with a small voice recorder so your ex can record an I love You and your son can hear Daddys' voice.
I think that the picture idea is great. I would also set aside a time and date for the child to talk to dad over a webcam. This would be great for both of them.
Military moms buy Daddy dolls to help children deal with a deployed parent...Maybe this is something you can do......He could have a Daddy doll so that when he needs Daddy, he is there.....Also, if you can....maybe have some time that he can talk on the phone with Daddy or invest in what you need to Skype with Daddy.....I don't know the situation, but if you don't have a huge issue with making extra time for Daddy, your son may benefit from some extra time with him by phone or Skype......Just a thought......
I think having a picture he can hold is great! I would also make a small picture book for him to "read" with you. Like their adventures together, when he was born etc. Then when he is lonely, he can have you read the book to him. What about calling? Could your ex speak to him for a few minutes when he is missing him? Maybe that will help.
Molly
The first thing that came to mind was arranging more frequent visits if your schedule allows for it.
Can he spend more time with his father - is there a reason the visits are supervised? If not, perhaps shared custody or at least more frequent visits would be better for DS.
