The only bedtime phrase that stopped the daily “I miss Daddy” crying every single night
My daughter wouldn’t stop crying for her dad almost every night at bedtime since divorce. Not an innocent cry. Am talking about the kind of cry that broke both of us apart. I used to be so helpless not knowing how best to make her feel better or quite her down.
I tried allowing her to call him, tried explaining but believe me when I say nothing seemed to be working.
I then stopped trying at all and just acknowledged the situation and stopped fighting it. I started telling her these words every night “it makes perfect sense to miss Daddy. Missing someone means you love them and Daddy loves you so much and he is missing you right now”.
I repeated these same sentences every single night. By about night 10 she stopped crying and simply saying she missed him and then settles, like she now found a place of assurance to put the feeling of missing him and finally not becoming aggressive over it. Sharing just incase it helps someone else going through the same thing.