Will baby forget his dad ? Going away with 7 month old

Hi, I’m travelling abroad with my 7 month old to be with my family and friends. I haven’t seen my family in close to 2 years and they haven’t met my baby either, so this trip is very important for me.

My LO is going to see his dad only after 2 and a bit months… will he forget his dad in this time ? Any thoughts / advice on any potential negative impact on baby ? We will video call daily but not sure if this will work ?

My husband is really concerned about separation anxiety and the impact of this on our son…

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I don’t have personal experience of this but I would assume 9 weeks+ would have a big effect on their relationship. He may still be pleasant with him, but I think he will have possibly forgotten he is “dad” by then. He may recognise his voice and face from video call but may struggle with getting comfort from him as he will be so used to you. No one can know for certain, but it’s said that babies at age 1 can only remember up to a few weeks. That’s why they recognise their immediate family/ nursery teacher but wouldn’t recognise someone who visited a month ago

When my girl was under 1, her dad went away for 8 weeks with work.

FaceTime every day, call, send photos. She was always excited to see his face appear and have a babble with him. A few weeks in she’d cry a bit and I figured she was missing him but when they reunited she just needed extra attention and was fine after a night

My hubby had to go work abroad for a little over 5 weeks when our twins were 8 months.
We had a 16 hrs time difference but managed to FaceTime almost everyday and sent him pics of our day every night to him (for him to feel like he wasn’t missing out)

My twins didn’t even skip a beat when their dad came home. They knew exactly who he was and he got a lot of cuddles 🥰

I left for 2 months and baby haven't seen his dad for 6 weeks when he was 7-9 months. He didn't forget his dad

Thanks all for sharing - reassuring!

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