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In reply to the discussion: Court orders mother to hand over nursing infant to father on weekends [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)but good attempt at twisting.
There are many ways a father can be involved daily without having to have a baby overnight. My friend (who had twins, her ex left before they were born) and her ex worked out a great plan (with the help of a judge), where the mother was able to breastfeed until the twins were 20 months old before overnight visits. In the mean time, the father, who clearly cared about his kids, came almost nightly, helped get supper for the kids, read them bedtime stories, gave them baths etc. He made the extra effort to be there because he cared more about his kids than his own convenience. And it would've been more convenient to just take them, but in this way, the children had the stability of being in their own bed every night, and having their father involved on an almost daily basis. Certainly more healthy than being shuffled from house to house as infants, IMO.