My youngest grandchild was ten months when I became very ill and by the time I had recovered I went straight into lockdown, so a very similar situation.
Her mum and dad started to FaceTime me when she was having her evening bath and that's worked very well. She was busy playing and I chatted to her and to my son and daughter-in-law so it wasn't an 'artificial' situation. Now we FaceTime at other times as well and she likes to play games with her dad and we 'join in'.
One day recently she insisted that her dad must phone her grandad (it was 7.30 am) and refused to go into nursery until she had spoken to my husband.
So try not to be too disheartened Nanny2020 your little one will very quickly get used to new ways of interacting with you - I love the 'puppet' idea, which I think could be very helpful. I have a five year old granddaughter who lives on the other side of the world, but we are very close and I sometimes think I 'see' her more often than if she lived around the corner. (Technology is wonderful!)
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