Single Parents - What happens with your LO?

[leeanne]

With my OH and his kids (my stepkids) we get them for Christmas one year and the next, the moms get them. So we alternate each year.

 

[leeanne]

My mum and dad are divorced. We always did and still do christmas eve and day with mum, boxing day and the 27th with dad.

IMO splitting the day would be silly.

Why is it silly?

I get my one t-time on xmas day n she spends xmas night with me, she opens some of her presents when she come in then the rest box boxing day morning( my xmas day with her) since i'm never allowed her on xmas morning

I just think its pointless to split an already really busy day and can be exhausting for a LO with all the excitement.. quite overwhelming. TBH when I was younger all I wanted to do was play with my new toys and I'd of been a bit miffed if I had to leave it all mid way through the day to go to my dads. I always liked going to his on boxing day so I could have christmas day II all over again.

We've done this a few times in the past with my stepkids. Quite honestly, they enjoy it as after they open presents in one home, they cannot wait to get to the next to open more. LOL

Honestly, it's a nice arrangement that the poster has and then neither dad or mom are fighting over it, and no one gets left out.

 

[Blah11]

Well i told oh today that i was having her christmas day and he could have her boxing day.. i said to him if he wanted to come and see her boxing day he could..


He wasnt happy and told me his family deserve to see her christmas day. I couldnt be arsed to argue so i just said we'll arrange it all closer to the time.. and he said yeah but hes definately seeing her christmas day.

Grr!! What would yo do? Stick to your guns and me keep her christmas day or let him half her for half?

To each their own but I'd just say no

 

[redi]

when i was younger i was spending time only with my mum, i didn't get on with my father.

 

[dippy dee]

Last year we had my eldest ds and his dad had him boxing day, this year he asked for him on xmas day so we have said that if he can pick him up xmas day tea time then he can have him for the night. Ds enjoys been at home as well as his fathers so he will enjoy xmas if he can spend the day with us both.

 

[candeur]

I'm not a single parent but I've been thinking about this recently, and I'd split up the day.
I'd have Seren in the morning and for Xmas dinner... Then OH can pick her up in the afternoon, take her to his mums and then bring her back for bed time.
I know how much it means to him to see her on Xmas day, just as it means alot to me to see her on Xmas day.
When she's a bit older she can decide what she wants to do, whether she wants to go down xmas evening, or spend the day up there on boxing day.