Countdown 'til Daddy Comes Home

I thought buying this book for my son was a cute idea. However, I did not like the part about the mom having a guy over filling daddy’s role. I thought it was a little odd. My husband definitely did not like it. We had a laugh but definitely thought it was odd for a children’s book.

Very cute book talking about how a child feels when missing daddy. There are some really great discussion questions in the back of the book I thought would be helpful. My husband wasn’t a fan of the page about Steve, most people know who Jody is so he can’t take it seriously. I would hope that there would be some type of positive male figure in my child’s life while daddy is gone, but one that doesn’t fill the actual roles of his daddy which it feels like to me this book describes. To each his own.Overall it’s a sweet book

My son was having a harder time with this deployment because he is old enough to understand that daddy's gone now. He loved this book, especially since it talked about what the kids do at home to pass the time and grandma visiting because that's part of what we do as well. His 5yo sister was able to read most of it to him as well so they bonded reading it together. It is a great book for those kids too little to understand their big feelings but old enough to realize that they won't see daddy for a long time.

My grandson is away in the military. I gave this to his wife to read to their 4 year old son. He is really having a hard time with Daddy being away. He wants to read this every night before bed.

While this is geared towards someone in the service, it also works for airline pilot Daddys! I wanted to find a story to read to my 3 year old to open a dialogue and help him process his emotions that he goes through when Daddy is on a trip. This book has been perfect to address what he doesn't like to talk openly about, and it has really helped calm him during our bedtime routine. I think it helps him to see a story about another family going through the same thing to normalize the situation a little better. I love this book and would very highly recommend it!

Kristin Ayyar is to be commended for her insight into the feelings of young children when they are separated from a parent. 'Countdown 'Til Daddy Comes Home' deals with the fear and anxiety of separation in a positive way and constantly reinforces the love of the absent parent for the child. Her suggestions for dealing with the concept of 'time' will enable a child to visualize the return of a parent and prepare for homecoming. My memories go back to World War II when I had a book about a daddy serving his country. My own father was deployed to the Middle East with the British Army for nearly six years without leave. My mother and I read that book every night. I still have the book! I know that children will treasure 'Countdown 'Til Daddy' just as I did many years ago.

Great book. It helps give some idea of things they can do for dad and while dad is away. Def helps with our first deployment. (My girls are 5&7)

We used this book when my husband when to tech school for 2 months. I believe it helped them identify with the boy in missing and waiting for his dad. It's important for my kids to see at the end that the daddy does come back and it's a warm embrace. We did some of the things in the book. We made the countdown calendar and a welcome home sign. My kids were a little older than 2.5 when their daddy went to training. They followed along the story well and liked the book. We read it a lot, they loved seeing the daddy come home.