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[quote=Anonymous]My husband now travels a lot for work and I travel some. I made our toddler a photo board book from pinhole press with lots of pictures of him and each of us as well as other family members. When one of us is traveling, and he misses us, the other parent, and our nanny, can flip through it with him and talk about what we were doing in the photos. He also sometimes takes it to bed with him.  When my husband is away he really likes seeing the photos of him with daddy. When he asks about daddy, nanny or I will ask him if he wants to look at the picture book.

Other things we do are send him selfies so whichever adult is with him can show him a photo of mom or dad.  He also has gotten very into watching short videos of where we are traveling to,especially the airports and planes. We remind him a lot that the parent who is away loves  him very much and always comes home. When we tell him that one of us is going to leave for a trip, we always remind him of who will be there to take care of him- so I will say daddy and nanny will be here while mommy is away. We usually tell him the morning of or at earliest the night before- so he now trusts we will tell him if one of us will be gone beyond a normal work day, but we don't give him extra time to worry about it.

Specific things our nanny has done with him include helping him make a welcome home sign or other special present for mom or dad. Usually the parent at hone will arrange face timing with the traveling parent but sometimes if time zones and schedules don't work our nanny will help our toddler FaceTime with the parent who is away.

I know these are tips from a parent rather than a nanny but we also have a great relationship with our nanny and we all work together in making our toddler feel secure.[/quote]

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