Piano,
did you speak to your counselor before going to co-parenting togetehr with him? I spoke to one C and she flat out told me that her practice, a very large and well known one for that matter (both of our C suggested this place too) is Pro Relationship... pro Marriage...

i asked her the steps in this type of counseling and she basically said she has one session with each of us separately and tries to see what each of us ideally believes is the best for us co-existing in a baby's life, and then brings us togetehr to see if we can make it work.

in response to your questions above... let him help. maybe you two can discuss how you'd ideally wish he couldhelp... and just be open to the fact that he may disagree or have different suggestion... he should take responsibility in both you and the baby's life. i agree with you in trying to figure out how to deal with everything with out the L's. H and i agreed to do the same. Why make this harder than it should be.

reply to his email and basically just say that you would appreciate his help!