Advice?
I’m struggling with parenting and any advice would help.
I share 50/50 custody with my child’s father. For the first three years, I had full. He came back into her life around 3.5 years to co parent with me. During court, we would bicker but it was never substantial. Now I feel like I’m drowning. I have been single and raising her for the last 2 years. I work overtime almost every week and feel exhausted everyday but he refuses to help me without telling me how I’m a bad mom. He started seeing someone about 2 years ago and I never minded, until I found out they moved in together with me daughter before I even knew her name. Now my daughter comes home and she calls this woman mom… I don’t even know her. My daughter has come home in numerous occasions talking about how “daddy and his gf talk bad about mommy”. She’s in therapy and the therapist is getting concerned about his house. My daughter (6) is showing signs of stress disorders when she’s with him.
Recently, she has taken a very large turn. She yells at me, won’t listen, throws tantrums practically every morning. I feel like she’s always punished with me and it’s breaking my heart. But now she’s showing negative physical signs. She can’t bathe herself, won’t brush her teeth anymore, wash her hands, etc. i dont know what to do. I feel like im drowning. I asked for mediation with her dad and his gf. He went once and they yelled at me the entire time about how everything is my fault. I’ve tried to be stern with my daughter, talk through problems with her, teach her how to do things, do them with her. But now everyday it’s “well daddy and his gf say you need to do this for me”
Any advice would help. I’m tired. I dont know what to do at this point and I’m scared for my daughter