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Experienced caregivers, how do you be a daddy over Skype?


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Hi good people. I'm a new daddy, sometimes my little and I are apart and she wants to Skype with me while she is in little space.

 

What do I do? What do I say to keep her in little space? How would you talk to your little? Any advice for being a daddy over Skype?

 

Please help!!

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I have loved to watch my little color over skype in the past.  She can set up her phone so its a little ways back and you can watch her intently coloring.  Ask to see her progress, find something within it that you like to compliment, let her give you three colors to choose from and give her the one to use or vice versa.

 

Read her a childrens book.  Again set the phone back a bit so she can watch you reading and using funny voices.  Turn the book and show her the art work.  Maybe have a selection of books laid out on the table and let her pick which one you read.

 

Watch a movie or cartoons together.

 

Those are the "things" to do.  I used to love complimenting my little girl any time I could.  So over skype I would find things that I could see to compliment.  Her hair, her clothes, a stuffie, whatever caught my eye.  No need to make things up, there are always things to compliment our little girls about.

 

Just pay attention to her actions.  Be interested in what she is saying or doing.  Watch her facial expressions.  That you posted here shows that you care.  Just show her that you care by the interest you show in her actions over skype.  I think you are going to be fine!

 

Sorry if I lectured.  Heh.  Hope that helps a little.

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So i'm a little but my caregiver and I have spent a large number of hours on skype. I used to color and he would ask to see. We both put on the same movie and watched it together at the same time. The first night we skyped we hadn't really talked about ddlg but I had had a really rough night and was home alone for the night. I was half asleep on the couch and asked him not to go until I fell asleep, and he didn't. I think that in a way was very daddy-like, waktchng over me so the scary things didn't get me. We have spend like an ungodly amount of time on skype even though we aren't long distance just because being able to see him there calms me down. He'll tell me to go get snacks and if I say I'm not hungry but really am usually he can see it on my face. I like it's the next best thing to being there. We used to call on skype at bedtime and he would read to me. I love bedtime stories, he always reminded me to wash my face and brush me teeth and have a drink before bed, then would call and tell me to pull the blanket up and get a stuffie to cuddle and read to help me get to sleep. 

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So me and my little had three years of long distance where we could only use Skype as a means of communication. Luckily, your situation doesn't seem nearly as intense. But I will still address both sides of this and apply to you as best as I can.

 

So let's say it was a busier day for you two and you can't talk until the evening/night. One thing I did to make sure we stayed connected was to have each of us basically babble about our days, that way we both still new what was going on with the other. That's honestly the most crucial step in this is if it's long periods of time then you need to show your little that you still care about their life. That being said you need to show you care about them as well, so ask if they've eaten and what or what heybe had to drink and ask when that way you can figure out if they should be hungry or not. It makes them feel so loved to know you noticed that. If you come to the conclusion they need food or a drink, (figure out if anyone is home first or find out if they would even notice it or not) tell your little to go make a very specific little food or snack- like have them get some cookies and milk or cut up some fruit pieces if your in a healthy mood or if they need some meat some little hot dog pieces anything to get them into that little mood.

 

Either after you've done everything above or if it's only temporary/ short term periods, then you can move onto the fun stuff. Just like everyone said above do some coloring, read them stories or another fun one is little crafts like a bird feeder if hey like birds (super simple ideas online :)) so look some of those up if you know your little is a crafty one. With the movies or tv shows, it is a wonderful suggestion and so much fun but I can make it so much better ( no offense to everyone if I offended anyone). If you and your little can get a laptop you can do screen sharing ( sound is also shared fear not). It's really cool and so so helpful. As the mommy I usually ran it on my computer for a few reasons. 1.) my computer had a higher processor so the images ran smoother going from mine to his so figure out who's is higher or just test to see which give you both a cleaner watching expierence ( the video would be jumpy and lag a lot when we had him showing it on his screen so watch out for that) 2.) so I could pause it and make little comments to him to make him giggle or smile. 3.) since I knew him well enough I could surprise him with what we're watching based on what I knew he liked or wanted to see ( it would make him feel so loved and adored when I knew exactly what to put on so try to do it if you can).

 

Alright I know that was long and winded but I wanted to give you your best shot at being the best you can be for your little so I hope these ideas helped at all. :) good luck and I can answer any question if you want or need it

-TheQueen

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