I’ve been separated from my sons father since he was 8 months old, he will now be 6 next year and starting kindergarten. His dad has been in and out of his life since we split and we never had any sort of parenting plan set in place, he would just message and ask to see him, he moved away and back several times so was long gaps between seeing him.
He currently lives 8 hours away and has seen our son twice this year, we meet halfway and he spends a week down with his dad.
I’m wanting something more set so that our son can spend more time with his dad and also around school holidays once he starts kinder, so he’s not taking days off school to go visit etc.
I’m thinking like a weekend every month and one week of the school holidays & then maybe longer over the Christmas holidays?
That way he’ll get more time with his dad & honestly a little break for this single Mumma would be nice haha.
Any ideas on how to approach this idea with his dad?
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I would just send a message saying that now Son is school age you think it's important he has a bit of stability and regularity in his life and you would like to come up with a regular routine so he knows when he's coming and going. I also had an ex who lived a fair distance away and he had the kids every holidays and half of the big one, which worked well for the kids. There was also random weekends or days every so often in the school term if he was near us for whatever reason. 8 hours each way is a serious chunk out of a weekend, unless Dad comes to the child it won't be very enjoyable for your son to sit in a car that long 2 days in a row just for one night. Longer visits are better with long distance which is why I suggest holidays.