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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  DH is fine with 6 enrolling in the daycare program, and now wants to enroll our 2 year old in the adjoining daycare program too, so we can work more easily (like many, we've been splitting shifts during the day).  If this is an aggressive bargaining position to make me feel better about "just" the 6 year old going, it's working![/quote]

That makes absolutely no sense to put the 2 year old in day care to humor his ex-wife.  Offer to take the 6 year old as much as mom needs.  How is this even an issue?[/quote]

DH doesn't think we should take the 6 year old -- he says he wouldn't be able to work enough.  Which is also why he would like for the 2 year old to go (though I have no idea if that is even a viable option space-wise at the facility, and in any case he hasn't insisted on it over my objection).  So it sounds like 6 will go to daycare.  Like others have said, it is what it is, and I've always tended to be over-anxious.  My worry now is what happens if the 6 year old gets a fever before a visit, or if someone at the center tests positive or something -- DH says he wouldn't want to skip a visit.  But that may not even happen, so worrying about that is over-anxious too.[/quote]

Your DH is an ASS.  As a stepmom, if mom would give me the kid, I'd take the kid and tell husband to get out.  I would not put my 2 year old in day care right now.  You can hire someone to come in and care for the kids if money is not an issue.  You can always put the 6 year old on an iPad with educational games for a few hours.[/quote]

Why is he an ass just because you (and OP) don’t agree with him on the daycare thing? Both the 6 and 2 year old are his children, too. Should he not get a say? [/quote]

He's an ass for not asking to take his son more if mom is struggling and needs help.  Why would you put a 2 year old in day care if you don't need to with the virus?[/quote]

Because they are all working from home full time? I’m not sure why you are being so purposely dense. Just because he and XW have a different comfort level with a daycare that is running a “camp” program doesn’t make him worthy of being called an ass. Is XW an ass for considering it also?

XW said the 6 year old is bored and acting out. That isn’t going to change with a change of households where both parents are still working full time and unable to entertain him. It might not be the choice you would make, but it’s a valid choice. [/quote]

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