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'Nother Update

Some of this may be repeated info, but I can't remember what :-/ Darn Baby Brain and all.

 

R and I have been talking and working things out. We've seen a counselor individually and will be starting couples counseling with that same person soon, and premarital counseling when we are ready. R has parenting classes beginning the end of February, and has been attending the childbirth classes with me in the meantime. He'll miss the last two because his class is on the same nights as mine, but that's ok. I take really good notes:)

 

I feel like he's made significant progress over the last few weeks and we have gotten a lot farther than we would have without help. R has been asking me to move back in and I've been hesitant to just jump right back into living together, given the nature of why I left in the first place. I spoke with the counselor about it, and he suggested that I should start moving back in slowly, starting with spending a few nights a week there, moving up to completely moving back in over a little time.  So Kidlet and I will be spending two nights a week for a little while, and going from there. Hopefully we can get moved back in fully before the baby arrives in April, but I know better than to plan for things like that; we're taking it slowly because rushing  it won't necessarily be any good.

 

So that's where we are.

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Re: 'Nother Update

  • edited December 2011
    I am so glad to hear that things are going well, beloved! Your FI sounds like he's really trying and wants things to work/move forward which is great news.

    I think what the counselor suggested is good, ease into moving back in and see how things go. Hopefully his mom has calmed down a little, too.

    Fingers crossed for you!
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  • edited December 2011
    How are things with his mom? It seems like progress. How is kidlet handling all this? Is he part of the counseling as well?

    Sorry for all the questions
  • edited December 2011
    His mom, so far as I know, is basically staying out of it. She never contacts me, and R hasn't said much about her. So if she's saying anything, it isn't working its way back to me.

    Kidlet seems to be handling everything well. It's hard to tell with him because of his disabilities - he can't speak and without overt cues like mood and laughs and cries, I can't figure out what he's feeling. He seems mostly happy, though. He gets to see R as often as schedules allow and every night before bed we call to say goodnight. He always tries to hug the phone and sometimes he'll even babble back (which is unusual for him; most of the time he's quiet).
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  • edited December 2011
    Is Kidlet his as well? That's sweet you are keeping it stable for him as well.
  • edited December 2011
    Kidlet isn't his biologically, but R is the only father figure the boy's ever known. My ex abused him and hasn't seen him since he was two months old. He fully lost his parental rights (while in jail for child abuse) when Kidlet was almost 9 months old. I was single from Kidlet's infancy till R and I met when was almost 3. The two of them are very attached to each other, which is the other big reason I want to work it out.
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  • edited December 2011
    That makes a lot of sense and you have to give props to R for treating him like his own. Best of luck!
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