Even though we’ve chosen to be apart, to live our separate lives, we still need to communicate clearly and frequently. And without a forcing function of speaking with one another, we have options about how we want to keep information flowing freely. Here are a few that I’ve been using over the past 8+ years […]
Category: Schedules
Scheduling is a huge part of a healthy co-parenting relationship. Things come up that don’t always align with the contract. We need to flex and also are often reminded of why we’re not a couple.
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Extending overnights during Corona
We’re six+ long months into the coronavirus. Me time’s been extended hours and days after a camp-free summer. My son’s father and bonus mom and brother are close, more familiar, as we spent many summer nights together — in form and fashion of isolating our germs from the world. The parenting schedule was altered as […]
“So in this moment of reflection, I’m taking an accounting of what our children really need to grow into well-rounded, responsible adults with active bodies and brains, and what we might have been missing as a family because of trying to do too much. Perhaps what we really needed all along was less on our […]
What’s best for everyone When we designed our coparenting schedule, we were focused on “what’s best for our child.” as it should be. Now, during a pandemic, when many of our support systems are unavailable, we need to re-evaluate and consider, what’s best for everyone: mom, dad, child, and bonus family? In the first few […]
our schedules dramatically shifted in March 2020, with added complexity for those of us who coparent. It happened so Suddenly, so unexpectedly, what were we supposed to do? Since then, we’ve scrambled to figure out overnights, virtual classes, and child care (or lack there of). Last month, a co-parenting friend and I shared notes about […]
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Sudden swaps in schedules
Arrrgh. We both forgot Mother’s Day. By the time I realized mother’s day was around the corner, my son’s dad had scheduled a trip to his girlfriend’s family’s home in D.C. I texted and called several times and when I got him on the line he said, “I forgot, and i’ve been very accommodating for […]