need some advice from people who have been in same situation

[superbagpuss]

I have a work thing from Thurs to Sat this week which means I will be away from my dc. This is the first time this has happened and although they will be with my dh, at school and seeing other family members I know that they will miss me.

Other then phoning them is there anything I can do? I am in the UK but no point posting anything as it would take too long to get home. I don't think skype will work as I wont be in the hotel at a conveninent time to talk to them.

Thanks

I have only done one similar length trip and I just phoned them. It's only a few days, but some little presents go down awfully well when you get back! How old are they? Mine were 2 and 4 at the time.

mine are both 4 - love the idea of little presents :-)

When we went on honeymoon, my DH and I prepared a pack of pretty cards with messages in talking about what we were probably doing on our holiday, and got a friend in the UK to post them to my MIL with one card arriving in the post each day leading up to her birthday when she got a special card and some flowers too.

Maybe you could send them a card to arrive in the post each day to cheer them up?

:)

Unusual to be anywhere these days that doesn't have wifi so you may be able to Skype/Facetime more conveniently than you think. Most branches of Pret a Manger have wifi (in London anyway) for example.

In my experience you will miss them a lot more than they will miss you. Thurs - Sat - you'll only be gone two nights ? I don't mean to sound harsh at all but I think you might have to prepare yourself for the possibility that they will have barely noticed you were gone.

Little presents go down a storm - beware of precedent though - you won't always be somewhere that you can buy anything suitable. Though some friends recently came home with the hotel shampoos, shower caps and mini jars of jam to the delight of their 4 yr old who put them in her "shop".