Skype

The beginning of this month is going to be rough. Sharon started her first week away on Tuesday followed by two more weeks. She is gone four of the five days during the week so she's home on the weekends. Cooper was pretty mad at her when he found out she had to leave. He had a hard day that Tuesday, he whimpered a lot, kept saying things like, "I can't go on a walk because it's too cold and Mama isn't hear to keep me warm." As he gets older he is way more vocal about his disapproval in her traveling. He likes to be comforted by me when he is feeling sad and it's hard for all of us.

This week we decided to try Skype. Cooper isn't big on talking to Mama on the phone, we thought seeing her may help him. Skype is awesome!!! Cooper did a complete 180 last night after Skyping with Mama. He did a happy dance, got totally crazy and talked a ton. It was great.

Today we had a long day and we Skyped with Mama again tonight. We could see how relaxed he got after talking with her for awhile. She read him a story, I read a story and we talked. When we hung up, Cooper was asleep within 30 seconds.

This is definitely a tool that we will use on her trips. It means so much to him to see her on the computer and it allows them to be silly and laugh together. He kissed the computer tonight and said "I love you Mama."