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My daughter gets upset when stepson is not w/us as scheduled!

happy mom's picture

Has anyone been in this situation? My daughter looks forward to seeing her brother on the scheduled visitation days and gets really upset when plan is changed. She is 5 yrs old and knows the days he comes to visits us. Last week when that happened she said " I hate him, I don't want to play with him anymore!" Stepson's mother kept him on Wednesday because his cousins were in town for the week. My husband agreed to it. I ended up yelling at my husband and told him no more switching or if biomom decides to switch she needs to replace the day(s) we lost. I told him that our daughter gets upset when she does not see her brother. This is another reason why I wanted another child, so that my daughter can grow up with someone and not depend on her half brother. I'm really going to plan to have another child even though my husband doesn't want another one. It's so upsetting how ex is always changing the damn schedule and husband is agreeing to most of it! I told my husband straight out that I don't want to see that happen again.

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othermother's picture

"I'm really going to plan to have another child even though my husband doesn't want another one."

Am I the only one who finds this remark very disturbing? A child is not something one parent should decide to have without the other parent's consent. Just not a good idea. Not to mention that by the time you have a baby, there would be a huge age gap between her and an infant. She might be able to babysit, but they probably wouldn't play together. In my opinion, it would just open up a whole new bag of worms...jealousy etc. She needs a friend her age to play with.

Just my 2 cents

happy mom's picture

Correcting my blog...My husband prefers not to have another one but leaves the decision up to me.