My ex insists on mid week contact overnight on a Wednesday each week. I find it quite hard to manage some weeks. Eg next week is mufti day on the Thursday, DD wants to stay home so I can do her hair in the morning. I’ve said her sister can do it but older sister has said no as dad lives further from the school so there won’t be time as they leave the house early. Also it means on the Wednesday after work I will need to come home to be in for them to collect the mufti clothes instead of going swimming which is my weekly exercise, then somehow get the school uniform back on the Thursday. It all seems such a pain. Am I being unreasonable? I had asked ex to have every other weekend but he wanted two weeknights, so as a compromise he does Friday-Sunday once a month, then a saturday afternoon until Sunday afternoon once a month. Then every Wednesday to sleep over. On Thursdays when I pick them up from school they are tired as they share a room and have a bunk bed at his and keep each other awake. He has 4 spare bedrooms but apparently the new girlfriend said they have to share! Same on the Sunday afternoon they always come back tired and in a bad mood. Surely there must be an easier way? Or is this just life as a seperated parent? DC are aged 10 and 14.