My girls get very upset!

Every day DD2 will cry and hold on to him and chase him down the hall. If I try to pick her up she screams and kicks me away. After he finally makes it out she walks around crying for a while saying 'Daddy, Daddy' in a sad little voice.

DD1 is not so bad in the morning but almost every day at some point she will be crying and if I ask her why she says it's because she misses Daddy and wants him to come home and cuddle her.

Gosh I'm glad I'm the Mum and not the Dad because that would just break my heart! Poor DH feels so bad and it must be so hard to go. Way to make him feel loved though! lol.

Do anyone else's kids get this upset? Any ideas on what we can do?? Distraction doesn't work. Maybe it would be better if he didn't say goodbye? That seems mean though.