My friends just learned they’ve been chosen as adoptive parents for a baby due in a few weeks. They’ve adopted before, but this time dad is on assignment away from home. It’s not the kind of situation they can control but thankfully he’ll be able to come home to welcome baby and have lots of family and friends to lean on. It’s obviously going to be tough to leave – both mom and dad are very active, loving parents to their eldest.
So here’s my idea – I would like to gift them something with an audio box they can record messages on. My thought was dad can record a special message for both kids so they can hear his voice whenever they want. They do a lot of video calls and visits but time zone difference is already tough. I think it might also help dad if he knows that they can always hear his “I love you” even if they couldn’t talk that day.
I know there are stuffed animals you can do this with, but does anyone know of an option that can be programmed with new messages remotely? It would be amazing if he could update the messages from where he is so they know he’s thinking of them versus hearing the same thing all the time.
Any recommendations for this or alternative ideas are welcome!