My husband is away for a week, leaving our baby alone with me for the first time. Actually, he has been away for a couple of days before but my baby was too small to feel the impact. This time, its different however. Today was only the first day of his being away from us.

I kept her occupied all day and did not let her feel lonely for even a moment. But it was in the evening when I took her to the nearby park (where we take her daily) that it happened. She loves the slides and her Papa is more then happy to oblige. Today, she fell silent as we reached the park. Even the sight of so many other kids around did not cheer her up.

And when I lifted her to one of the slides, she started crying sitting on top of a slide and refused to slide down! I understood she was missing her Papa and brought her back home where she was less hysterical watching TV and her favorite screensavers.

She is sleeping soundly now and I hope tomorrow will be better.