Basically I can have the boys any time I want when I am not in work.
I work shifts, 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm, 10pm-6am.
At the moment I am off work and so we share the kids 50/50 each day. I have them overnight , take them to school, I would pick them up from school and talk about their day. Give them their tea and sort out homework and then she would pick them up at 7pm and take them to school the next day.
The 7pm thing is what we fell into last time she left, as I would be on a 6am-2pm shift I would pick them up from school at 3pm after work. I would have them for a few hours until she picked them up again at 7pm to take them to school as I couldn't. If I did not have this brief interlude with the kids I would have to go 5 days without seeing my boys.
When I am on the 2pm-10pm shift, she picks up the boys from school and brings them here at bed time and stays here until I get in from work at 10.30pm. This allows me to see the boys in the morning and take them to school. Otherwise I could go up-to 5 days without seeing the boys.
When I am on the 10pm-6am shift, she has the boys overnight of course, and I pick them up from school at 3pm. I then have the boys till 7pm. This again stops me from having to go 5 days without seeing my boys.
On my days off I have the boys 100% of the time.
A strange set-up, but it allows us to see the boys as much as we can, and gives us time at the handover to talk about the boys and anything else that is relevant.
Clear as mud??
Gyn.
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