Caitlin has turned 6 in Nov 2010, Caleb has just turned 3 in January 2011.
Caitlin is of a certain intellect already. We “connect” as we talk about stuff- and we can do that just by sitting down, in the car, at the table, and lately, over the internet on Skype. In fact with this latest medium, we also type messages to each other whilst I coach her on spelling them 
Caleb however, is not at that level of intellect yet. We don’t “talk” per se- we play together. Though he understands stuff that is being said to him, he is still distracted by physical, tangible, more touch-sensory perception of the world and people around him than about to sit down and talk.
And so, he doesn’t miss me, not as much as his jie-jie does.
This was evident tonight. I got a message on my iPhone’s chat program from Caitlin, asking me to get on Skype to videochat, peppered with emoticons that she has recently taken to giggle at
And so we did, like usual, hearing and seeing each other on screen.
While talking to Caitlin and Hot Mummee for a while I saw Caleb in the background of the video chat. HM asked him to come talk to Daddee.
He didn’t want to.
I don’t blame him. There is no fun, at his level of intellect, to talk to Daddee in a window in the computer screen. There is no play involved like how it was with physical-Daddee; like how I’d play with his toys with him, kick the ball around with him, goof around with him.
I have said before that he will grow to not know his Daddee if we don’t hurry along our plans. This is perhaps the first step down that path.
I don’t have much time left.
If it’s any consolation, you see it coming and you’re taking steps to ensure that Caleb doesn’t grow up NOT knowing his Daddee. That’s positive!
Boys tend not to be as vocal as girls but believe me, he misses his Daddy! Hubby was apart from us for nearly a year with short visits in between – I could tell when he missed his dad because he would be clingier or naughtier than usual for a few days. You can check with your wifey on this.