Going to a single parent for 3 months

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My DH is ex Army and was away for quite long stretches at a time mostly for 6+month at a time.

For the first day I always cried.
Ds was only little and he'd always spend the day hugging me and making me feel better (he might have been 16months or so)
Then by 5pm or so I'd suck it up and start a routine.
You will find your groove. Just have to set yourself a routine and everything will work out fine.
I promise!

Last large stint away dc were 8years old and 1year old.

Try to organise your OB visits for Saturdays when dh is home.

Tobily it's so true. Parenting here is still my way or the highway even though dh is no longer full time ADF. What I say go's. Poor dh often complains the kids don't listen to him.....Just quietly though I think it has a lot to do with the fact dads a push over and never follows through.
True too, you do find inner strength and almost power in yourself and your abilities.

All the best

P.S A final thought that is helpful for the kids (I don't like it though) is video calling. The kids love it. I don't usually cause I'm trying to do two things at once. The kids always call at bed time if he's in range. When he's not in range which is quite often we will all sit around the computer and type him an email. The kids love that as well.