Seperation Anxiety Post Covid19

[VegetaIRL]

Hi everyone, please feel free to move this if required.
Im a single dad who due to living situation of my daughter and her mother (with grandparents) haven't had physical contact with my lil 2 yr old princess for 12 weeks. While tough it was for the right reasons.

Im looking for help and advice and, if you don't mind, don't want to focus to much on the mums behaviors and actions, but if I can just say she is non helpful/engaging and in some ways destructive to Daddy/Daughter relationship.

I want to focus on my daughter and what is very obvious separation anxiety from her mum, its been stressful for all 3 of us on the first 2 handovers. but especially my daughter. As before we are out the gateway she is toddler talking to me and her teddies. Has anyone been in or in same similar situation and as an individual parent what can I do to try and make this as less stressful on her as possible.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Can you spend some time with her with her mum there too for a bit, so she gets used to you in a safe and secure setting?

Hi @SomeoneElseEntirelyNow
Thanks very much for the response. While the 1st visit involved us at either side of the open door talking to our daughter and her happy to come in and out between us. I had mentioned maybe playing in the back or front yard with her the next day wherein I was told no. Her mother is non receptive of my parenting/relationship with daughter, this is something I have to sort on my own with little to no help from her and why I ask here for ideas and perspectives. Thank you

Do you have a court agreement? Could mediation help here?

Unfortunately, to a 2yr old after 12 weeks you're probably only a little better than a stranger, and being taken away from her mum will be very upsetting for her. I would really push for some cooperation for the good of your child - contentious coparenting can be very damaging for children.