We're doing 50/50 but swapping every other week. Sounds fair in theory but he's got soccer on Tuesdays and piano on Thursdays at my place, then she's got girl scouts on Wednesdays at hers. We're basically tag teaming activities instead of co-parenting. Thinking about trying 2-2-5-5 instead but worried about uprooting him more. Has anyone done that? How did it work?
Man, that weekly swap with all the activities sounds exhausting for everyone. Have you two considered doing longer blocks like two weeks at a time instead? Might cut down on the back and forth chaos.
Co-parenting with conflicting schedules is brutal. I feel for you both because you're actually trying to work it out fairly. What if you found a rhythm where one parent just handles Tuesday transport no matter whose week it is?
That scheduling headache is real. We do every other week and even that gets complicated with sports and stuff. The kid ends up getting pulled in different directions. Maybe there's a way to sync up the soccer schedule between houses?
Yeah 50/50 with weekly swaps is rough when you factor in all the extracurriculars. Every other week would probably be easier to manage honestly. Have you guys talked about adjusting the schedule or is the court order pretty locked in?
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Yeah the activities during the swap weeks are brutal. We dealt with something similar and honestly just sitting down to map it all out together helped. Sometimes the other parent doesn't realize how crazy it actually is.