Single dad to a boy with autism. He lives with me full time and I do my working hours around him.
When we first divorced my ex agreed she would have him overnight at weekends and then overnight during the holidays. The her bloke moved in.
My boy can take a long time to sleep and one weekend he shouted in my boys face that he was naughty. The guy doesn’t work (unlike me) and sponges off the state so not like he’d had a busy week.
So since November this year my boy is with me every night as my ex doesn’t trust her bloke not to repeat again.
Now I’m at the holidays and the balance between work and child care gets harder as the help is less and less.
My ex is turning up later to pick him up so I’ve adjusted my hours around thst, but it just wipes me out this time of year and can be hard sitting at home with no one to talk to every night.
And finally her bloke went off at it him again the other week so if there’s one more strike I’m going to have to hold him back. Just hope i can get through the secknd half ok.
Just feeling frazzled and frustrated sometimes and feeling guilty if that ever impacts my boy.