What are your best ways to keep busy when your husband is deployed?

Question

My husband just left for a 6 month deployment to the gulf. I work a full time job and have a 4 year old son. I'm looking for some ideas of things I can do in the evenings and weekends with my son. One thing I have supplies for already is a paper chain. Another idea I want to do is mason jar cakes. I'd love craft ideas that we can send in a care package to the ship. Thanks in advance!

Eyota - you're sick. I'm a proud navy wife, a professional and a mother. I'm not an immature whore who can't keep her panties on the second her husband leaves the house.

I'm looking for actual suggestions of things I can do to keep occupied, productive things and things I can do with my son.

AFwife - I am going to enroll him in swimming lessons. His father wanted me to wait until he's home to start little league though because he wants to be a part of that.

I don't want to spend too much money because we're trying to pay off some credit card debt while he's gone, although redecorating would be a lot of fun. :)

Answer 1

I got my bachelor's degree pretty much entirely while my husband was deployed. He's Army though, so he was deployed for a year or more at a time. And I didn't have any kids at the time. I think it's good to do something like that for yourself though when he's gone.

I also picked up a lot of crafty stuff while he was gone this last time. You don't have to spend a lot of money, and you can make things really nice for the house when he gets home. Plus I'm sure your son would love it. Even just doing things in the yard can be a lot of fun. I did TONS of yard work while he was deployed last time - I got a lot of exercise, and the yard looked great when he got home.

Also try to stay as active as you can with the other families in the unit. There may be someone with a child the same age that you can spend a lot of time with, or maybe you can set up a playgroup or something. It always helps to be around other families in the same situation!

Answer 2

Hello proud navy wife, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, the best way I think is for you and your baby to focus on some DIY around your house, you know make thing's nice for your honey coming home, and I'm sure your son would love to help by changing thing's around and painting, kids love to paint, lol, and I have found that it is such fun, read him story's at night and thing's like that, it realy does help to pass time quicker if you have a routine and some day's it will be hard to push yourself but you have to be the strong one of the family, coz it's your job to hold the fort together for your son and your husband, and you will benefit from it with the love that you will get in return from the two most special guy's in your life, so GOOD LUCK and hang in there coz you have so many people rooting for you, take care, and have a nice day.


P.S. THIS PART IS TO EYOTA XIN "YOU" are a filthy trollop, and you are green with envy, so shut your filthy mouth and take a hike. LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL.

Answer 3

Why not ask your son what he wants to do??? Maybe he wants to play soccer or go to the zoo or something.

Good things for craft projects to go to daddy: cards made with son's hand prints. Plant rubbings (pick a leaf or several, put a piece of paper over it and color over it with a crayon)

For YOU though... you need to join a support group. Here's a good one: Missing Our Military. I run it and it's here on yahoo. (Http://groups.yahoo.com/groups.missing_our_military) There's not too many members at the time, but every single one of them are going through a deployment, or are about to. And many are parents as well! Hope to see you there!

Answer 4

I went to school, worked, taught myself how to knit, took my children to any and all base activities (they are usually free), signed them up for sports and dance classes, took little day trips ( the nearest mall is about 45 mins away),...... There is quite a bit to do on base all you have to do is look. Every so often there is a base wide Yard Sale, so I would clean out my closets and get rid of things that didn't fit, or toys and items that were not being used.

Answer 5

Unfortunately Eyota said what a lot of woman do its sad that some woman do that while there man is serving his country.
I would say the gym or aerobics would be something positive to do. Movies with the kid, karate or any hobby that's positive

Answer 6

Do anything that passes time, even take a vacation and go see your folks. I never been in the situation of having a loved one deployed. I was always the one deployed. My wife just took up a new hobby, she started drawing. It passed the time for her and by the time I got back, she was awesome at it.

Just don't start hitting the bars, or club scene. Thats trouble

Answer 7

i know how you feel, mines over their too, enroll you son into maybe some sports that you can go watch, go to the gym, maybe start a childrens craft class at your house if you live on base so maybe his friends could come over and you all could make things, i don't have any children so i go to the gym, shop and decorate my house, your son should keep you pretty busy

Answer 8

Take a course at a community college on whatever interests you.

That'll take care of at least 10 hours a week, plus give you lots of peopleto talk to.

Answer 9

keep in mind storage is limited on the ship. send cards and pics. small crafts like take paint and make hand or foot prints of your son. color pictures.

Answer 10

hear is what i wood do. keep doing the same thing like he was their with you,cook,clean,go to the story,take Cary of the childed,the bills,see your friends,family and take a Small trip