My son used Yahoo Messenger when he first got Tex. Most laptops have a camera that you can use to hook up with one service or another to watch him. All the things you mentioned to help him sound fine. I leave the radio or TV sound on for Tibbe when I leave the house. The usually pretty soon figure out you are gone and settle to sleep after they sense a pattern has formed that you leave, stay gone and after they run out of things to do, dig a nest in their beds and go to sleep. Puppies may howl for quite a while if they are still fairly young. If you have apartment neighbors you might want to do some anxiety separation desensitization for your baby to get him used to the idea.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |