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I'm having issues with the ex when I pick up our son.
She won't allow me to pick him up at the door & insists on putting him in car (he's 2).
The issue is, she draws the process out & won't allow me to help. Every time, she makes such a song & dance about "You'll be back with mummy soon, don't worry" that he starts to stress.
When she gets him into the car & we're away from her, within a minute he's fine. I've phoned her from the car once so she could hear that he's ok. As it's handsfree, she started talking to him again with the same sort of comments & I could tell she was stressing him out.
I've asked politely if she could desist from making those sorts of comments as she's trying to make our son think that spending time with me is bad thing or a punishment.
She's unwilling to try anything I suggest, I would have to wrestle him out of her arms to stop her (which I haven't & wouldn't).
What can I do?
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