Personally i wouldn’t let her go and i think it would be unsettling for her c
Number 3 is a big no no from another mums perspective & a major red flag when it comes to the well-being of a child 🚩 Exposure to drugs, staying in pyjamas without showering & threats of social services, nope. Doesn’t sit right with me 👎🏼 If I were you & this happened, I’d have stopped his mum & sister seeing my child long ago. The staying up late is also a bigger concern than you think because sleep is so essential for young children, for their development & their general health. The fact that your daughter’s dad or family don’t make the effort to come pick her up is selfish, but actually in your favour because you don’t need to make the journey. Especially whilst pregnant. Plan loads of activities with your daughter over the holidays, keep her safe with you & enjoy quality mummy daughter time before the new arrival 🫶🏻
Don’t send her. If he wants to spend time with her that week (or if his family do) tell them they are welcome to come and pick her up for day trips or come and stay at a hotel locally for a couple of nights and take her out. If he really cared about seeing her then he would have taken at least a few days of work to spend with her. Not be working every day until 10pm. Crazy.
Personally I wouldn’t let her go… he should be making the effort to come to you for a few days so that you can keep her in her daily routine as much as possible whilst monitoring their interactions and building their relationship. Only seeing her for 1 day every few months is not enough to know your daughter and that’s his fault, not yours!! I personally wouldn’t let my child stay in a home with drugs in it or where they are neglecting her by not keeping her clean or putting her to bed at a reasonable time! Stand your ground and go with what your gut is telling you… you are her mum and have every right to say “no, she is not staying but you are welcome to come and visit” xx
thanks everyone, i think i just needed reassurance that i was doing the right thing because i know they’ll try and make it seem like im trying to be a bitter bm or im trying to take control 💕
Your daughter is only 3 and you are her comfort. The dad should really be making an effort of coming to where you are. Book a hotel or somewhere to stay and spend that time to bond with his daughter knowing that if she ever needs her mom, you are much closer than 100m. This should not be seen as you being selfish but more for the Childs “comfort”. She's only a baby after all!