My son has been having extreme seperation anxiety from my husband (his father) for the past 2 months now especially in the morning, when my husband leaves for work in the morning at 6:30 am my son hears him leaving gets up and runs to the window in his room which overlooks the driveway, sees him leaving and then has an extreme meltdown, starts crying and screaming so badly he hyperventilates and I can't seem to calm him down.
This behaviour started after my husband was on a buisness trip for 1 week and my son was fine while he was away, didn't get upset or ask where he was, but since then he is constantly worried he is leaving. When it's time for bed at night he starts getting extremely upset and asks his dad " your not going to work tomorrow right?"
I'm not too sure how to handle this situation any longer because it sets his day off badly and then often acts out at school (he's in junior kindergarten) especially on the days when it is really bad.
any suggestions would be very helpful.
thanks
clair