What do I tell him?

[sangie]

Oh no I'm so sorry to hear that hun xo

I would be honest with him. As you know my DH travels a lot and we always tell our littlies exactly where he is going and for how long. A chart works really well and both my two love crossing off the days before bed and counting down until daddy gets home. A really sweet idea is to give him something special to remind him of you. DH gives our kids a little red felt heart to keep when he goes away and they keep it in their rooms to remind them that even though daddy isn't here he is thinking of them and misses them too.
Have a safe trip xo

[Now we're 3]

Thanks girls you've given us some really good ideas here to work with.

We have done the chart to count down the days and explained to him about how I'd gone on a plane so see Granddad who is sick and he seemed to get it. He was fine at the airport and while a bit sad saying Mummy not here Daddy over the weekend was relatively okay. However lost the plot when we skyped this evening. Kept crying and saying he wanted to get in (to the computer) to see Mummy. Poor little poppet cried so much he made himself sick. Breaks my heart to think of him being so upset . Hopefully it will be a bit better tomorrow. probably not helping that he is feeling off as he has a cold. If he gets really upset again will revisit the skype idea.

Thanks again to everyone Xx