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Need help to my dd :'(

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RoseNarene · 29/09/2017 20:54

I'm really not sure where to turn here and would really appreciate any help anyone can give. I'm desperate to help my little girl but I don't know what to do.

Backstory: separated from ex in Feb. Withheld contact of my dds (5 and 1) from him in June because I worried about the impact of his negative comments about me to the eldest. He went to court - which I expected - and got the arrangement I proposed, which was alt weekends. Final hearing in December.

Since contact resumed, my dd has been very unsettled. I am always positive about her going to see her dad and she is always keen to go and see him, but she is witness to some pretty icy handovers and instances whereby she is seeing me be locked out of the former marital home and having my belongings removed. I suspect that he continues to say nasty stuff about me but obviously can't prove anything and I don't want to probe her so don't ask that kind of questions.

More worryingly though, she has gone from never wetting herself to having an accident every single day. On nights when she comes back from seeing her dad, she shouts in her sleep, mostly just shouts and crying but I have heard her saying "no daddy" and "that hurts". Her behaviour is always worse when she gets back to me; she's not really a naughty girl but she's just.. I don't know... she ignores me more when she gets back from being with him. Unsettled is probably the best word to describe it. It's all such a mess.

I've tried so hard to keep things amicable so as to protect her from our conflict but my ex makes it impossible, and just the fact that we are fighting over the kids in court makes the situation incredibly unpleasant. Since I can't control what goes on when she is with him, I want to get her some help. I think she needs someone to talk to, maybe some treatment for anxiety or help processing her emotions and what she is being forced to deal with. I so desperately want to help her but where do I go? What does she need?

Any help would be gratefully received xx

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Bumdishcloths · 29/09/2017 21:30

Has your ex ever been physically abusive, towards you, or shown any aggression towards the children? I would be concerned regarding abuse especially if her anxiety is such that she is suffering with incontinence issues.

ChevalierTialys · 29/09/2017 21:58

I would monitor this really closely if I were you. Maybe speak to the NSPCC?

Picassopilot · 29/09/2017 23:42

Rose
That is so upsetting to read!
Please get all the help you can for her.
Were CAFCASS involved at any point? Could you contact them?

Or ask your gp for advice. Or school.
They can't ignore you as you are raising a safeguarding issue here and it's their duty to act.

Bless her Sad

RoseNarene · 01/10/2017 10:01

No he's never been physically abusive to me or the girls. He's very manipulative and a total control freak. He is very angry about having lost control over the situation when I decided to leave him.

How can I monitor when they aren't with me? And CAFCASS said (at the separated parenting information programme I was ordered to attend) that I shouldn't ask questions about what she got up to whilst with her dad because it can be seen as probing.

I will email her school and see if there is any support available. My mum called a child psychologist who agreed that her issues are caused by him but she charged £90 a session for treatment after a £190 assessment and I just don't have that kind of money.

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Misty9 · 01/10/2017 10:07

Definitely approach the pastoral team at her school- this kind of situation is exactly what they're there for. It sounds like you're worried about something more untoward going on? Maybe get some of the nspcc stuff about pants being private and give her the space to tell you anything like that?

Good luck Flowers

Picassopilot · 01/10/2017 18:47

Can't you tell CAFCASS that you are not probing after visits - but that she cries out in her sleep?
Definately call the NSPCC and the school.
This needs to be sorted!

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