2006-07-15 08:12:18 · 18 answers · asked by stardust_147432002 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Pictures, videos.
2006-07-15 08:13:45 · answer #1 · answered by TC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband has been in the army over 21 years. And is retiring this year. This is a few of the things we have done.
If daddy hasn't already left. Get a video camera and a few books and his son and video tape Daddy reading to him. We got an hour of my husband doing this with each of our kids. My kids watched there tapes so many times. And our 9 month old at the time would watch it.
Have him take LOTS of pictures of him with and without his son. And put them into a safe babies book for the baby to look at. I still have all 9 of my kids books.
Record his voice singing lullabys.
Have his dad buy him a special stuffed animal that he will give to him on the day that he leaves.
These are just SOME of the things we did.
God Bless Him and his family and God Speed to Your son!
2006-07-16 01:21:12 · answer #2 · answered by shop4tots 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can go to www.daddydolls.com and order a "Daddy Doll" for him. You just need a full length picture of the parent against a contrasting background. We got one for our son during our last deployment and also bought my neice one when my sister deployed. It was super helpful. We made the doll a part of the daily routine (kissing/hugging g'night, etc) and kept pictures of Daddy all over the house. We talked about him often and made sure that even though Daddy wasn't there physcially, he was still very much a part of our son's day.
2006-07-15 15:21:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know, kids have such great imaginations. If Elmo can be real to a kid, so can Daddy who is away for awhile.
Did daddy leave behind any shirts? Try not to wash one, so he has a special "Daddy shirt" that still smells like him.
Make a memory box- pictures of Daddy (preferably with your son), special cards from/to Daddy, tapes of Daddy talking (you can have your husband send cassettes of him talking home or even video tapes of him).
Put Daddy on speakerphone when he calls so your son can hear him.
Tell lots of stories about Daddy and about the special times he and your son had.
Talk about how Daddy will come home soon and there will be more special times.
Basically include Daddy as much as possible in conversation and daily activities.
2006-07-15 15:19:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my husband was in Vietnam, I had a 6 month old son, I had Daddy's pictures on the mirror, on the wall by his bed, everywhere. We didnt have videos, but movie cameras. We showed home movies every week, pointing out daddy. We also sent pix of my son and I to Daddy so he was aware of his son's growth.
2006-07-15 15:19:28 · answer #5 · answered by Karin D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have dad tape bed time stories on either video or just sound to put the baby to bed with. Place pictures around at eye level so that the baby sees him often and perhaps even a few for him to play with. Put lamination paper over those photos so they last longer.
2006-07-15 15:33:17 · answer #6 · answered by Brooke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tape videos of your son reading stories and singing the ABC and counting lots of learning stuff. Then not only does your baby see him all the time but he is also learning. See about being abe for you both to have webcams so you can talk that way and he able to see his big brother. Always talk about him and show pictures of him.
2006-07-15 15:22:25 · answer #7 · answered by The Invisible Woman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh he will remember him always. I have been thru 6 deployments, our first our oldest was 7 months old and she remembered my husband. He can take a web cam with him and use on the PC, take lots of pictures and videos and always show the baby pics of his daddy around the house and let him listen to daddy on the phone.
Blessings to you and your family.
2006-07-15 15:34:57 · answer #8 · answered by Coast2CoastChat.com 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Show the baby pictures. Have Daddy read stories and record them, then the baby could listen to them. Put the baby on the phone with Daddy. Just stay connected as much as possible.
2006-07-15 15:17:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Show the baby pictures and videos, and talk about his Daddy like he is just in the next room. I you keep his Daddy alive in his mind, he will e receptive when Daddy comes back from his deployment.
2006-07-15 15:18:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋