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[quote=Anonymous]Separated when the kids were 18 months and 4.5. Initially they went to his place alternate weekends, and two nights a week he did dinner and put them to bed at my house (I kept the family house). It was easier on the kids, but logistically challenging for me since I had to be out of the house until 8:30pm twice a week. I was devastated about the end of my marriage and wasn’t telling everyone yet, so it was awkward and some nights I really just wanted to be able to come home and mope, but couldn’t.

After about a year of that, he started keeping the kids for an overnight once a week and having them over for dinner and dropping them off afterwards (as well as alternate weekends). It’s not perfect, and I feel like the kids have a rough transition with the post dinner drop off. My older child (now 6.5) has expressed frustration a few times with going back and forth-I find it’s usually connected to times when we have to tweak our normal routine due to work commitments or school days off. My younger child rolls with it (as far as I can tell anyway) because he doesn’t remember anything different. [/quote]

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