Aidan misses his Daddy

In my books, there are two types of Daddies. The Present ones and the Absent ones. The Present ones are those who are involved in their child's life on a daily basis. So when they're not around, their absence are truly felt and they are sorely missed.

Tonight, as always when Daddy is on his work trip, Aidan has trouble going to sleep. Every night, it is Daddy who gives him his bath, dries and dresses him and then tucks him to bed. So when I put him to bed, it's not the same. He misses his Daddy.

At first, he didn't want to be put to bed. So I carried him to my bed, sang him songs, patted him and tried to make him sleep. I even pretended to sleep. But Aidan was too restless. So after a futile attempt, I put him back into his cot expecting him to protest but to my surprise, he didn't. I thought he'd finally fallen asleep. However, after 10mins, he started screaming. When I went to him, he was standing up so I carried him back to my bed again. This is when daddy called. I put him on speaker and let him talk to Aidan. Then I told Aidan to say goodbye to Daddy, which he did by opening and closing his fist (he still hasn't started speaking and this is his version of a goodbye wave) and Daddy gave him a kiss through the phone. And guess what? After I hung up, Aidan immediately turned around so that I was spooning him, and let me cuddle him to sleep! He fell asleep soon after.

Now Daddy, if you're reading this, this is evidence that Aidan does miss you!