I know this seems really immature and silly but bear with...
My ex and I have a 4 year old together and we have been split up for 18 months.
She has lovely curly hair, she wears it down mostly, but at preschool shshe has it put up usually. I give her the choice but all her friends have it up so that's what she chooses. Nothing crazy: ballet bun, bunches, plaits etc.
Every single fecking week he laughs at her hair and takes the Mick out of her in a way that is definitely unkind. She started saying "daddy doesn't like my hair, he took it put because it's not nice" "daddy took out my plait and I liked it, I cried my tears out" etc.
I have started saying "today is a daddy day, how would you like your hair" but she still chooses it up.
I don't know how to handle it, I've told him it upsets her. This seems to loose pattern of being low level unkind to DD.
We've also had nasty laughing at outfits, and snotty comments on "Mummys smelly street" "Mummys horrible red front door" etc
They are just little things but I hate seeing hersad and it seems to 've denying her confidence, she often looks worried at handover (althouh comes back happy), and often she will go from very happy and confident to nervous and unsure.
Not sure how to tackle it! Advice would be appreciate!
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MissMuesli · 07/06/2015 23:44
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