How do you split contact?

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2 children, 3 and 6, trying to arrange regular contact with their dad as at the moment it's just as and when.

I know everyones sutuation is different but just wondering what other people do, how many nights, consecutive or split, and does the NRP ever see them on days they're not doing overnights.

Dad currently isn't working (quit his job when I left), I've been a stay at home mum since eldest was and am studying, but I'm looking for something that'll fit round children and degree.

Thanks!

I think every situation is different, it really relies on what is best for your DC. Obviously a set routine would be much better for them as they probably don't know whether they are coming or going at the minute.

I went through a similar situation about six months ago with my ex-wife, her shifts were all over the place and our DC were regularly confused as to who was picking them up from school or which house they would be going to that night. We managed to get a set routine in place, where my ex-wife drops them at school on the Thursday morning, and I collect them and they are with me until the following Thursday morning. I can safely say in the last six months that they have came on leaps and bounds both in school and at home, and I do put a lot of that down to having a set routine and not being shunted from pillar to post.

Good luck with getting regular contact in place!