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Dad won't get bed each for children

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TealPoster · 16/02/2025 11:03

Been divorced from my children's dad 5 years, he has them one night a week plus every other weekend. Until a few months ago our son (nearly 7) he had sleeping in a cot bed. My son said he couldn't lie flat as it was so small. Daughter has a single bed. Said he was waiting for me to pay him final divorce settlement to get him a bed. Gave him the several thousand in the autumn, still no bed. He (dad) has a sofa bed he'll sometimes sleep on and kids take it in turn in his bed. Now apparently the sofa bed isn't comfortable, so daughter (almost 10) has to sleep in a bed with him (dad). AIBU to tell him to sort out a bed each for them! I've asked/told him 3 times to get our son his own bed. It's a 3 bedroom house. I want to tell him they can't stay there until he has a bed each sorted but know he'll try and twist it into some kind of story that I'm blocking contact or something. My belief is children should have access to their own clean and comfortable bed!

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tonyhawks23 · 16/02/2025 11:55

I'd just buy the beds and drop them off,show him how ridiculous he's being.

EwwSprouts · 16/02/2025 11:32

JimHalpertsWife · 16/02/2025 11:11

Why doesn't the son sleep in with him and dd have the single?

This.

ThighsYouCantControl · 16/02/2025 11:26

The children need their own beds, that really isn’t asking too much. In fact, when my children and I had social services involvement years back due to DV, one of the first things the social worker wanted to establish was where the children slept. They were expected to have their own beds, with clean bedding on it. It’s considered a basic need. My son slept in my bed most nights at the time but still had his own bed available to him.

Your ex will always have an excuse to come up short somewhere. I’d be very surprised if this was the only marker of neglect in his home.

JimHalpertsWife · 16/02/2025 11:11

Why doesn't the son sleep in with him and dd have the single?

TeddyBeans · 16/02/2025 11:10

So he's neglecting his son? Definitely grounds to not send him. One at a time sounds like a good compromise so there's no comeback on you. If anyone asks, just say dad hasn't provided a suitable bed so everyone knows it's not you creating an issue

howsthehair · 16/02/2025 11:09

He will try to twist it, but no one will believe him. If you're happy to have the kids with you tell him you won't be sending them again until they have their own bed. He can fight that if he wants to (he won't, he's obviously a lazy half arsed parent) but he won't win.

sashh · 16/02/2025 11:07

That's terrible. Surely this is a safeguarding issue?

Rather than stopping both going could you send one at a time until they have a bed each?