My STBXH and I have 50/50 custody. Currently we do a 2-2-3 schedule starting on Mondays. When school is in session, the kids are home every day as they are within walking distance of my house and their grandmother is here. Their dad picks them up as soon as he can. He’s a teacher so they are usually at my house for an hour. We also have an arrangement where he drives our D11 to her tutoring on Tuesdays and Thursday mornings regardless of who has them and I or my sister picks her up and takes her to school. He also takes her to her speech therapy appointment on Fridays after school. The suitcase scenario is not an issue as my kids have clothes at both places so don’t need to take things back and forth. So far, so good although I’ve told the kids that if it starts to be too much, we would look at doing a schedule with fewer changeovers. My D11 has made a few comments that indicate she may want something different but her twin brother has said he is happy with how things are. That could change over time but for now it is working reasonably well. My STBXH and I have also been really flexible if either of us needs the other one to take them outside of our schedule which helps.
