Recently my husband was deployed with the army and will be away for "no less than 400 days". My 5 yr old daughter has not been handling this well. She's pretty much a daddy's girl and his working schedule has always allowed him to spend lots of time with her, where I'm only home on weekends because of work.
Before my husband left, he was in charge of taking her to the bus stop for school in the morning and picking her up. Then he was with her until I got home from work. Now I have to get her up 2 hours earlier than normal and take her to daycare, and then pick her up at daycare at 5:30pm. The daycare takes her to school and picks her up. My husband and I agreed that it would be in our daughter's best interest for me to go to part time while she's in school, so I have.
However, her behavior is getting worse. She is only 5 and doesn't understand where her dad is no matter how well I explain it. I will ask her to do a simple task such as wash her hands and she'll scream like a banshee, kick me, and tell me that she doesn't like me. She doesn't sleep anymore either, and even though she'll be up at 7am, she won't fall asleep until 3am. Nighttime is a constant battle.
I really don't want my husband to come home and think I can't handle things, he has enough to worry about now. Please help.
