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November 28, 2005, 3:15 pm PST

All grandparents are interstate

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Gently question your elder son as to who babysits when your ex and his girlfriend are at work/go out.  Ten to one it's your ex mother-in-law! 

Thank you for your response, unfortunately it does not apply in this situation as all grandparents live in other states to us.  We have no family in the state we live in and they dont tend to make plans that cant involve the kids on the weeks they have them so I dont believe there is an outside source to this.  The only thing I can put it down to is that she feels she has more fun at dads house because they have a car and can go more places than I can take them and I also think that because I am doing it on my own it is alot harder for me because I still need to get things done as well and at their house there is the 2 of them so there is always one of them giving them attention.  I have voiced this concern to my ex and have decided that I am going to do as much as I can to spend more time with the kids however, he seems to be of the opinion that if she is distressed about being here perhaps they should spend a larger percentage of time at their place. While I dont want my daughter to be unhappy, I dont feel that this is a good option because I think that this is only going to antagonise things by making her feel that she lives with her dad and only visits with me.  I dont want that to be the case as I want her to feel that my home is her home too and I think that doing what he suggested will only serve to drive an even deeper wedge between her and I. ANy ideas or suggestions?????????????  

 
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November 22, 2006, 4:34 am PST

Co-Parenting

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Gently question your elder son as to who babysits when your ex and his girlfriend are at work/go out.  Ten to one it's your ex mother-in-law! 

Wow  That must be very painful to hear.  If I were you I would speak at length to her about why she wants to live with them full-time.  I would also tell her that I love her but that the bottom line is that until she is older she is going to live with both of you for equal periods of time.  Would all the parties involved be willing to change the arrangement a little.  Instead of 1 wk on and 1 wk off, a month at a time at each house might help.  I'm just guessing at this point, but it could be that just when she gets settled in at one house it's time to go to another.  Like I said, I'm just guessing and this may have nothing to do with it but talk to her about the "why" alot.
 


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