I'm wondering if anyone else has problems with their kids' reactions to daddy being gone so much and on such an erratic (to them) schedule. My son is 3, and his whole life his daddy has been gone some nights (my husband is now an R2 in pediatrics). He knows what it means when we tell him Daddy's going to work and will be back tomorrow night, but still takes it really hard. He'll say, 'I want Daddy' during the day, and when Tom's post-call he crawls all over him and won't give him a moment's peace even to change out of his scrubs! Sometimes on call days he gets mad at preschool and hits other kids or is especially needy when I drop him off. I think it doesn't help that q4 is hard for a small child to understand - as soon as he gets used to Daddy being home it's time to go on call again. Do any of you have similar emotional problems from your kids? I know our son is emotionally sensitive and observes everything, so I try not to act sad on call days myself though sometimes it seems unbearable to have to give him up - especially for weekend call!
Just wondering if most kids take call this hard... our son's a real 'Daddy's boy' (maybe partially because Daddy can deny him nothing) so may be more sensitive to it? Any suggestions?
Kaaren
Just wondering if most kids take call this hard... our son's a real 'Daddy's boy' (maybe partially because Daddy can deny him nothing) so may be more sensitive to it? Any suggestions?
Kaaren
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