It can be scary when you have a little one that sick. Hope she's doing a lot better by today.

When your W sees that you are not trying to punish her (your W)by keeping her from contacting D2 and that you really do have the child's best interest at heart, I think it help the co-parenting run more smoothly. You will always be connected to W by this little girl and you want that part to be friends & cooperative.

I know it must be awful to even try to separate the MR from parenting, etc. The family is a unit that's held together by love, so how do you do that? I think you will figure this out as time goes by. One day at a time, one step at a time.

Maybe you could try and make some goals for yourself. Maybe have an agenda for the entire month for you GAL, and for you and D2 together.

It is not about what you feel should work in your M. It is about doing the work that gets the right results. Do what works!