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[quote=Anonymous]This is similar to our schedule.

- Kids sleep at my house every Sun, Mon, Tues night.
- They sleep at dads every Wed, Thurs night.
- They alternate Fri and Sat nights.

The parent whose house they wake up in gets them off to school in the morning, then they come to my house after school every day. On his days, their dad picks them up from my house after he finishes work, or I drop them off at his house, depending on what time our days end/what is going on after work/etc. Im not always home after school but they are old enough that they are fine on their own for a few hours. Exdh and I text each other to figure out who is taking them to the others house and at what time.

We live 5-7 mins (2 miles) from each other so its not a big deal if someone forgets something since we are so close. But they rarely forget stuff, they know to take their school backpacks/school stuff to their dads. He and I know to make sure they have what they need as well. And we have a designated backpack they take their kindles, retainers, books they are reading or games they are playing or plushies of choice etc back and forth in, which is also where their dad and I put any school papers, mail for the other, something to be signed by the other, etc.

It helps that both of my kids are boys who dont care much about clothes, so they arent concerned about which hoodie, sweatpants, tshirt, etc. they wear and they have plenty of clothes at each parents house. And we have chargers for school computers, etc as well as personal devices at each house so its less stuff to take back and forth.

I think some posters just like to make life harder than it is, and make living in 2 homes out to be harder than it is. RE the kids social lives, there are birthday parties every now and again, they do stuff w friends from time to time, they have their regularly scheduled activities but there arent sleepovers or excessive parties they want to go to every weekend that we just cant manage to keep track of.

We still use the same shared google calendar that we always did to keep track of that stuff and whichever parent the kid is going to be with is the one who drives them. If both kids have dueling activities, we each take one to their thing and drop them off at the parents house where they are supposed to be after its done.

That said, I doubt it would be as easy if we lived further away from each other, if they didnt come to my house after school every day, or if we were high conflict.[/quote]

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