Clear up the Expectations
Ever have a conversation with someone and they are upset at you but all you can think of is, “well how was I supposed to know that; they didn’t tell me!” Then you find yourself wanting to claw your eye balls out from sheer confusion 🤪 That’s what happens when you don’t communicate your expectations!!! Mind blowing right? 🤯🤯 We have lots of parents involved and the kids spend time at each of our houses and, like I mentioned in the first tip of this series, communication has to happen, but it doesn’t stop there! You have to make clear what you need to know or what you EXPECT to know! I was awful at this at first because my thought was, “hey I’m their Mom so as long as I know that’s all that matters”. Let me tell you that theory doesn’t work in co-parenting There was an expectation in my head that I expected to be told. For example: where the kids are, who’s around, how’d they sleep, insert whatever expectation you have. But, then you magically expect people to know tha...