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Hi all,
Just joined the site in the hope to find out all the information I need as a dad who currently only gets to see his son once a week due to him staying with his mum and her thinking she can dictate things to me!!
Welcome to the site........there are a few of us here in the same boat.......plenty of excellent advice and information from peopel here who have gone and are going through the same.
Hi there and welcome 🙂
You've come to the right place for support and advice, there are many Dads on here that are going through the same as you and will be happy to share their experiences with you.
I'm 28.....been separated from my child's mother for over 2 years now. My beautiful son is 3 and turns 4 in 5 months time!! Can't believe how quickly time has flown by!! He's quite a cheeky chap, in fact really cheeky!! Loves football, cars, trucks and trains! For a while he wasn't coping with me and his mum not living together but he's much better with it now and it doesn't bother him 99% of the time which is great. I'd love to see him more often but that's outta my hands.
I get to see him every weekend but sometimes it's only once a week. It used to be twice a week minimum with one of those being during the week and being able to pick him up from nursery and drop him off too. It was great as I felt involved in his growing up, learning and seeing him interact with other kids. That's all been taken away now and I occasionally get pictures from him that he's done at nursery. Every 3rd or 4th week I get him all weekend so get him fri-sun and that time is great! It also gives me a chance to let my parents see and spend time with him and also spend time and interact with my friends and their kids who are my sons friends too!
I have a girlfriend who I have been seeing for over a year now and she's amazing! I know that she's the one for me and also my son. We've taken things pretty slowly as she wasn't sure about me and then also the situation with my son and also his mum. She's ok with it now and we're taking this forward bit by bit. Hopefully we'll be able to move in together shortly and the 3 of us can grow! There'll still be times when it's just me and my son because I think that's really important too.
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