<human>: Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?

My boyfriend and I have been together only a few months. I love everything about him for the most part. One recent issue that could be trivial, is that he always keeps his phone on silent and doesn't check it that often. Sometimes he does and then other times a long time can go by before I hear back. This obviously makes it hard to get in touch. I can attest to the fact that this is just what hes like and he does this even when he's with me. The phone goes on silent, sometimes even in another room, he checks it very infrequently, and sometimes doesn't even bother to charge it if he's sleeping over.

I mentioned it to him and he sort of laughed it off, not taking me seriously and didn't really say whether he would be more attentive to his phone when I made the request. He sort of dodged the matter. I didn't press too hard mainly because I don't want to make a big deal.

Following that conversation, for a while it seemed like despite that he did not explicitly say he was going to be more attentive to messages, he was. However now he's gone home for the holidays to visit the family for two weeks and I'm already experiencing the lack of contact.

I texted him to wish him a good day with his friends and its been 7 hours and I have not heard anything. I'm not looking for a lengthy response or frequent back and forth messaging just a simple message to say hello. 

Looking for advice particularly from the guys out there. Is it weird of me to expect him to text a few times even if hes busy? Is it normal for you to go a day or so not contacting your SO? I personally find it weird. I also have a bit of anxiety so I tend to sometimes overthink things. I acknowledge that about myself and am currently in process of scheduling a few sessions with a therapist to go over these issues and help me better manage my anxiety and have more confidence in my relationship. What are people's thoughts? I appreciate everyone's feedback :)
<bot>: SO hard to get in touch with via phone. When I told him it bothers me he sort of laughed it off.