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lolathemagnificent · 30/04/2011 21:48

hello mumsnetters!

i am completely new to this and looking for some advice,slightly long but please bear with me......after being dumped when i was four months pregnant,(only reason he gave was, this is not where i want my life to be going!) being left with nowhere to live (we were due to move in together the week after he dumped me-i had already given up my flat) and having to deal with his insanely jealous ex girlfriend emailing me warning of how he is with her and he is going to leave me to be a single parent (turned out to be true) then having threats from him such as if i dare go to csa he'll pack in his job and make sure i dont get a single penny from him, and how he'll fight for 50/50 custody, i decided to completely distance myself from him during the pregnancy as it was causing me and my unborn baby so much stress.

i must point out however that he made it clear he was always going to be there for DS and wanted a close relationship with him, he bought mostly everything baby needed before he was born (he earns WAY more than i do) and i do believe he'll be a good dad to DS which is all that really matters.

after having barely any contact during the rest of my pregnancy and him being a complete arse to me, i wasnt looking forward to spending time with him afterwards. DS is now four weeks old and being breastfed so only way exP could see him was to visit me in my home. and as he took two weeks paternity he was over every single day to see him, along with his family (who i dont know particularly well as we werent together very long before i found out i was pregnant :( ) it was all very intense but i felt obligated to allow him into my home for DS sake although after his treatment i could have happily never seen or spoke to him ever again

anyway to get to the point, exP is now demanding he gets DS for sleepovers at 6weeks old (in two weeks time) and that if i dont agree to it i am being completely unreasonable so he will contact the lawyers. aibu to say no as i feel this is way too early? when he is a little older absolutely, but i feel he is just too small, i am not ready to give him away for the weekend and i dont want to start formula feeding him just yet but not sure if i could produce enough expressed bm to last the whole weekend and after that whole emotional rollercoaster of a pregnancy i just want to bond with my baby and enjoy him. now i do realise he also needs that and it must be hard for him not being able to see ds whenever he wants, even though that was his choice but i just feel like he has made his bed and must i really suffer beacause of that?

to add to my worries his next door neighbour is his psychotic ex girlfriend who was hellbent on splitting us up and has now been feeding him lies saying i have been contacting her, going to her door phoning her etc (for the record i have never even met this girl before and his family previously told me when we were still together how she is mentally unstable and has threatened to stab him, trash his car etc so i can only imagine she is for some reason trying to make his/my life even more difficult for revenge or whatever) i would genuinely be worried about the safety of DS as she seems exceptionally bitter about their break up and has told him she will make his life hell so long as she lives. (i do not understand why he would not just leave and move out to get away from her) also despite him having an extremely well paid job and being 35 years old (i am 24) he chooses to live in a flat share with two other girls so DS wouldnt even have his own room and i personally do not want DS being brought up thinking that daddys live with 19yo girls and not with mummy, too weird. so aibu? all i want is for ds to have a fantastic relationship with his dad and to know he is loved completely by both of us, but at such a young age and exP not having his own space to raise him in would i have a case to say no if it did go to the lawyers? any experience/advice would be appreciated

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nailak · 30/04/2011 21:52

tellhim no and let him o to the ssolicitor, noone reasonable is oin to say that en ebf baby can at 6 weeks stay over since bf is not even established properly before 3 mnths.

ohgawdherewegoagain · 30/04/2011 21:55

Your baby's welfare comes first and if you are breastfeeding, it doesn't sound unreasonable that he doesn't go away at night. To be frank, I'm not sure of the legal position vis a vie access but if your ex wants the best for the new child, then he would surely not wish to have him bottlefed at such a young age.

FabbyChic · 30/04/2011 21:58

Tell him that you are breast feeding and that whilst you are breast feeding he cannot have him overnight.

Further advise that you are not happy with his living arrangements and that whilst he is seeking somewhere else more suitable to live, time will pass and by the time he is sorted and settled in a few months time, the baby may well be old enough to stay overnight.

Tell him you can make enough feeds for him to have him say from 10 till 6 on a weekend but other than that the baby is too young to be out of your care for longer than that.

Is he on the birth certificate?

Does he pay maintenance?

Do not be bullied into anything less than what you are happy with.

You have overall parental responsibility and if he wishes to push he can see a solicitor and you can ask for supervised visits.

Don't be bullied.

lolathemagnificent · 30/04/2011 22:24

yes he's on the birth certificate and he does pay maintenace, although what a fight that was to get anything from him when i brought up the issue of child maintenance he told me i was a parasite! charming!

and i do feel bullied by him completely and utterly and he is extremely manipulative :(

i really dont want it to go down the lawyer route but that seems to be his idea for everything if i dare to disagree with him, and i know he simply will not accept waiting 6 or so months til ds is no longer being bf so it will inevitably go that way. but the living arrangements is what really gets to me, however that is his choice and i can only make it very clear to him how unhappy i am with it and whether he chooses to move is totally up to him but he has made it clear he has no intention of moving, but i really would fear for my childs safety, too much to mention but his ex really is evil and seems to want to stop at nothing to hurt him. i want her no where near ds and as exP is still in communication with her i worry she will one day be in ds company, do i have a right to say she can have no contact with ds?

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HerHissyness · 01/05/2011 17:22

He is NOT living in an environment suitable for overnight visits.

He has no right at all to demand you hand over your breastfeeding infant! None whatsoever. Let him go to a solicitor! He has NO CHOICE BUT TO WAIT.

State your position, stick to it and if he can't respect it, suspend all contact until such time as he is more reasonable.

What a thoroughly unpleasant bully.

Go the the CAB and get some advice.

Jemma1111 · 01/05/2011 17:29

Stand your ground and don't let him intimidate you, you have every right to be concerned about the welfare of your child

zikes · 01/05/2011 19:11

I don't think he has a leg to stand on, I very much doubt overnights would be granted by a court at this early stage.

I think you would be best getting proper legal advice and representation, however, as he seems incapable of dealing with you without browbeating and bullying.

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