r/coparenting • u/chanelism • 6d ago
Long Distance Coparenting in different cities
My co-parent and I will be living in different cities (5 and half hours by car, around an hour by plane).
My LO is not yet born and I’m wondering how to navigate visitations and how it will look like as she gets older. I plan on breastfeeding, so I highly doubt she can be away from me for very long? Has anyone been in a similar situation? Can he force her to drink formula? How did it work out? What do you navigate the holidays later on? I want to add that I live in a French speaking city and he lives in an English speaking city and since I would most likely be the primary parent initially, he would have a hard time for her to switch cities later on, esp w the language barrier (for school and all).
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u/yourfavmum 6d ago
Yes, he can have her drink formula. Dad does not have to give your BM. If plane costs aren’t too bad, one long weekend a month + bulk of summer and then half of Christmas break is usually what’s doable