Every other weekend plus a midweek night
This schedule keeps the every other weekend pattern and adds one weeknight, usually Wednesday, with the weekend parent every week. Over two weeks that is 10 nights in one home and 4 in the other, and the longest gap between visits drops from twelve nights to six.
Also called every other weekend and Wednesdays, alternating weekends with a midweek overnight.
Two weeks of the every other weekend plus a midweek night schedule
Parent A: 10 nightsParent B: 4 nights
- Nights every two weeks
- 10 and 4, about 71/29
- Handovers every two weeks
- 6
- Longest time away from either parent
- 6 nights
- Weekends
- Alternate every week
- Cycle starts on
- Friday
How the every other weekend plus a midweek night schedule works, night by night
- Week 1, Friday and Saturday nights: Parent B, 2 nights
- Week 1, Sunday night to Tuesday night: Parent A, 3 nights
- Week 1, Wednesday night: Parent B, 1 night
- Week 1 Thursday night to week 2 Tuesday night: Parent A, 6 nights
- Week 2, Wednesday night: Parent B, 1 night
- Week 2, Thursday night: Parent A, 1 night
Then the two weeks repeat.
Advantages
- The weekend parent sees the children every week, not every other week.
- Most of the school week still happens in one home.
- The longest time away from either parent is six nights.
Drawbacks
- Six handovers every two weeks, against two for every other weekend on its own.
- The midweek night means a school run from the weekend parent's home, so the homes need to be fairly close.
- Some children find a single school night in another home unsettling, which is why some families make it a dinner instead.
Who the every other weekend plus a midweek night schedule suits
Families where the school week works best in one home but the other parent lives close enough for a school-night stay, and wants to see the children every week rather than every other.
Common variations
Many families make the midweek visit a dinner rather than an overnight. A dinner does not change whose night it is, so it belongs on the calendar as a weekly event rather than as part of the schedule. Others move the midweek night to Tuesday or Thursday to fit work.
Questions about the every other weekend plus a midweek night schedule
What percentage is every other weekend plus a midweek overnight?
Four nights in every fourteen, about 29 percent, for the weekend parent, and ten nights, about 71 percent, for the other.
Which night is best for the midweek visit?
Wednesday is the most common, because it falls in the middle of the long weekday stretch. With the weekend on Friday and Saturday nights, a Wednesday night means the children are never more than six nights from either parent.
Can Coparia run every other weekend with a midweek night?
Yes. Start from the built-in every other weekend schedule, then change the Wednesday in each week of the two-week preview to the other parent. The calendar then runs it like any other schedule.
Setting it up in Coparia
Start from Coparia's built-in every other weekend schedule, then change the Wednesday in each week of the two-week preview to the weekend parent. It takes a minute.
Both parents see the same calendar, each day colored by whose it is, and a single day can be swapped without touching the pattern.
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