Dh leaves next month for basic

[airforcewife90]

Hi. I'm new here and was wondering if I could get any advice to get ready for dh to leave next month. We have a 16 month old and i don't want him to forget his daddy. Any advice on how to prepare us for dh being gone?

[Nay1983]

have a lot of pics and talk about daddy all the time.  Mine is 17 months and daddy has been deployed.  

[LJsMommy07]

Hi! My Dh graduated from basic oct 27th and is now in tech school at Fort Lee. We have a three year old. We talked about dadddy leaving and when we would see him again. I took pictures and laminated them and glued them to foam paper and made a book he could carry around. If you can get a recordable book and have ur Dh record himself reading it. Its an awesome thing I bawled the first time Logan and I listened to it lol. Logan would have "daddy" read to him every nite! Good luck hon!!!!

[jkohler]

My son was 28 months and my daughter was 11 months when my husband left for basic.  They both remembered him.  I showed them a picture of him everyday.  It took a few hours for my daughter to warm back up to him, but did remember him. Good luck to you and your family :)