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Dds contact with dad - what should I do?

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Survivingastorm · 25/11/2020 12:50

Dd is 2 and sees her dad every other weekend for 1 night (soon to be moving to 2 nights), she doesn't see him during the week due to the distance between households and despite being advised by courts to do video contact to keep up contact he refuses to do this. Contact couldn't happen every weekend as dd would be unable to see any family on my side (pre covid) and she also attends nursery so would give us no quality time.

Problem I am having is dd always returns from weekend in distress, is angry, unsettled, having nightmares. It usually takes a good few days for her to settle down. I've tried discussing with her dad but he just says she seems to be happy when with him, sleeps 14 hours straight in her own bed (she never does this for me, always ends up sneaking into my bed). And I'm wondering am I doing something? Is there anything I can do to help her?

She is more than happy to come back to me and at handover's she screams, her dad also wasn't ever involved with looking after her until June of this year (he was around but just didn't care for her and we split June 2019) if that helps.

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Survivingastorm · 26/11/2020 21:37

So ex hasn't seen dd in almost 4 weeks, no video call*othing

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Survivingastorm · 26/11/2020 21:39

Nothing. I was going to suggest to him that this Saturday not be over night and just for the day. Do any of you think that would be unreasonable? And how may a court view it?

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Survivingastorm · 27/11/2020 07:40

Bump

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RLEOM · 29/11/2020 01:02

He's probably telling lies. If she doesn't sleep well for you, there's no way she'd be doing it for him.

My daughter used to get bad separation anxiety when she was 9 months old and had been staying at hers dads every other weekend since she was 3 months old. She'd be distraught at bedtime, so unsettled, it was awful. She's just turned 2 and is much better, she doesn't get anxiety any more.

Survivingastorm · 29/11/2020 09:19

My sister looked after dd on Friday as I had an appointment, we live together, and she said dd was in distress almost whole time etc don't get me wrong I'm still concerned about the level of disinterest she shows her dad but wondering if this could be something to do with her development as she will be assessed for autism early 2021.

With regards to her dad lying, it's either exactly that him lying about how much she is sleeping or is it possible that she is in so much distress that she sleeps a lot? It seems she also refuses to drink or eat much too.

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Survivingastorm · 30/11/2020 00:26

Ah dd has already been up screaming, got some good scratches off of her too Sad. Ex had text me to say she was out of sorts and clingy today and I said why not bring her home earlier but he of course refused.

Really don't think I should be letting her go for 2 nights for sure.

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