My husband died of cancer last year. My daughters were one and five when he died. For at least the six months before he died he was too poorly to spend much time with them especially my youngest. As a result, I don’t know how much my youngest noticed when he died (which makes me feel so incredibly sad for them both as he was a wonderful father). She asked for him once when she went in his bedroom but that was it. We talk about him a lot and have photos of him all over the house. Tonight she started asking for “daddy” over and over. I thought she might be talking about another daddy as sometimes she gets mixed up about what a daddy is e.g she will call friend’s dads “daddy”. I confirmed with her it was definitely her daddy as when I showed her a photo she said “yes daddy”. I don’t know if this is the first sign she is grasping the concept of who he might be and that he is missing, or perhaps she just wanted to look at the photos. Has anyone else been through something similar and when did your child start to grieve/notice the parent’s absence in their life?