Last night was the WORST for Ethan - Kids Coping with Deployment

Kaymara · 01-22-2008, 10:13 AM

I think daddy being gone has finally REALLY hit Ethan. He cried himself to sleep

I was in his room, we read, he read back to me all normal. Then I laid down with him so we could cuddle and he just burst into tears and cried. I kept asking him whats wrong and he kept saying I love you mommy. Please stay. I was like I am not going anywhere and he said "my daddy" and burst into tears saying he loved and missed him

It broke my HEART.

Please keep your fingers crossed that I can go home same day from the hospital after my surgery. If I have to stay I dunno how thats gonna affect him

~~lovemachine~~ · 01-22-2008, 10:16 AM

aww...how sad!!! I will keep you in my prayers that you can come home right after surgery!!! If not have whoever he is staying with during surgery bring him up to see you...maybe he could even stay?

Elizabeth · 01-22-2008, 10:20 AM

Oh, I'm so sorry, that poor lil guy! That is one thing I'm so scared about when it comes to having kids. All of you moms are so strong!

Taressa · 01-22-2008, 11:13 AM

ah that stinks my 6 year old does that from time to time, just has a really hard time with daddy gone now. i spray his bed with my DH's cologne and his stuffed Bear, DH tries to send pictures to them often but he is slacking lately. have DH write him a letter just to him. that helps my boys a lot. or he sends a post card of his last port. my boys love that. and i have an Ethan too he is 10 now and dealing ok but there are days oh that boy. he still has his moments when he breaks down and just bawls himself to sleep they need those and to know its ok to be sad. i hope tonight is a better night for you guys.

Heather · 01-22-2008, 11:25 AM

Oh that just breaks my heart and I only read it. Deployment is so hard on the little ones.

airmanssweetie · 01-22-2008, 12:38 PM

:o( that is so sad :o( I hope you can go home right after your surgery.

JKirstiH · 01-22-2008, 12:40 PM

oh..I started to cry

If you need any help I am jobless at the moment.

Miss B Hav'n · 01-22-2008, 12:47 PM

Poor little guy - LOTS of good thoughts and prayers for him and for you (I know all to well how hard it is to see them hurting like that). I hope that your procedure goes well enough for you to go home the same day.

~*~Katie~*~ · 01-22-2008, 12:48 PM

oh my gosh that is so sad

I am bawling right now. I Hope you find something to keep him occupied and help him from missing daddy

Kaymara · 01-22-2008, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by JKirstiH

oh..I started to cry

If you need any help I am jobless at the moment.

Well you should come have coffee here 1 day

01-22-2008, 10:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
Kaymara Behind every keystroke is a real person Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 27,350 Classifieds: (7) Activity: 40% Longevity: 99%	Last night was the WORST for Ethan I think daddy being gone has finally REALLY hit Ethan. He cried himself to sleep I was in his room, we read, he read back to me all normal. Then I laid down with him so we could cuddle and he just burst into tears and cried. I kept asking him whats wrong and he kept saying I love you mommy. Please stay. I was like I am not going anywhere and he said "my daddy" and burst into tears saying he loved and missed him It broke my HEART. Please keep your fingers crossed that I can go home same day from the hospital after my surgery. If I have to stay I dunno how thats gonna affect him __________________ Surviving deployment #5

01-22-2008, 10:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Elizabeth FLORIDIAN Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sigonella, Sicily Posts: 11,502 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 63% Longevity: 61%	Oh, I'm so sorry, that poor lil guy! That is one thing I'm so scared about when it comes to having kids. All of you moms are so strong! __________________ Have you ever thought about what protects our hearts? / Just a cage of rib bones and other various parts / So it's fairly simple to cut right through the mess / And stop the muscle that makes us confess / And we are so fragile / And our cracking bones make noise / And we are just breakable, breakable, breakable girls and boys.

01-22-2008, 11:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
Taressa Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,107 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 40%	ah that stinks my 6 year old does that from time to time, just has a really hard time with daddy gone now. i spray his bed with my DH's cologne and his stuffed Bear, DH tries to send pictures to them often but he is slacking lately. have DH write him a letter just to him. that helps my boys a lot. or he sends a post card of his last port. my boys love that. and i have an Ethan too he is 10 now and dealing ok but there are days oh that boy. he still has his moments when he breaks down and just bawls himself to sleep they need those and to know its ok to be sad. i hope tonight is a better night for you guys. __________________ Taressa

01-22-2008, 12:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
airmanssweetie Pretty in the face and thick around the waist! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cannon AFB, NM Posts: 12,926 Classifieds: (2) Activity: 44% Longevity: 65%	:o( that is so sad :o( I hope you can go home right after your surgery. __________________

01-22-2008, 12:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
JKirstiH Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,480 Classifieds: (3) Activity: 13% Longevity: 62%	oh..I started to cry If you need any help I am jobless at the moment. __________________ Finding more and more truth to the words written in red.-B&D Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts. Tibetan proverb The greater love is a mother's; then comes a dog's; then a sweetheart's. Polish Proverb

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01-22-2008, 10:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~lovemachine~~ Too many wifeys...too little time Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 17,793 Blog Entries: 14 Classifieds: (1) Activity: 0% Longevity: 32%	aww...how sad!!! I will keep you in my prayers that you can come home right after surgery!!! If not have whoever he is staying with during surgery bring him up to see you...maybe he could even stay?

01-22-2008, 11:25 AM	#5 (permalink)
Heather Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: My little house on the prairie Posts: 18,581 Classifieds: (1) Activity: 40% Longevity: 66%	Oh that just breaks my heart and I only read it. Deployment is so hard on the little ones.

01-22-2008, 12:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
~~Katie~~ Doin' It All On My Own... Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Bern, North Carolina Posts: 10,807 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 21% Longevity: 45%	oh my gosh that is so sad I am bawling right now. I Hope you find something to keep him occupied and help him from missing daddy __________________