Military Nesties
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
New with a question
DH is USMCR and was activated in November. We have 3 children who are 13, 4, and 16 months. Our 4 year old is having a really hard time adjusting to him being away. She's used to him being away on weekends, and seems to deal well with him being away for 2-3 weeks at a time for training.
In the few weeks before he left, we tried to prep her, but obviously at the age of 4, she can only understand so much. He's at Camp LeJeune right now and we've able to talk to him almost every day and facetime every couple of days, but the poor girl has been so sad. Any advice on how to make this a little easier on her?
Re: New with a question
My kids are 13, 11, 5 and 4. We have what we call the "Daddy Wall". My H told the little ones that seeing all of their art makes him happy. They color pictures, bring home crafts from church and hang other important things on it. My 5 yr old is in PK and loves to put her school work on the wall. We also put pics from out and about on there or movie tickets or any thing we bring home from places we visit. They feel like they are doing something to make him happy.
Also, have your H send her mail, if her can. Getting mail from Daddy will make her feel like he is thinking about her and hasn't forgotten her. Have him draw her pictures, write a quick note or send a post card of something he's seen or done.