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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Minimize contact.  Let him have his weekends without calling to say goodnight.  Your child will be fine without a reminder that you are not together and your ex will not view it as checking up on him.  [/quote]

Exactly!

I had the opposite situation when my child was that age. His father would call and nicely, politely ask how I was doing. But I despised him so much that I hated even that pleasantry. I didn't want to talk to him, felt that how I was doing was none of his business and couldn't wait for the day he could talk to my child directly.

It seems that for whatever reason, the ex wants nothing to do with you. So keep your contacts minimal and conversations brief and about the child ONLY. With the advent of email and texting, there's no need to even call. It sounds as though you have a set arrangement so email or text what he needs to know ahead of time.

Receiving a text (which were not readily at our fingertips when my child was that young) or friendly call from my ex would've annoyed the heck out of me. I wanted NOTHING to do with him![/quote]

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