My daughter is going to be four in September. She will ask me, "Mommy are you taking your medicine so you don't get sick?" so she is aware that my health has limitations.

There are a lot of moments where I experience stress since my daughter understands how to play me against the other adults in her life. Statements like, "I want to be with grandma" "Daddy lets me do this" drive me up the wall even though I know deep down that she should be able to share her thoughts with me without worrying about my reaction.

I've mentioned in other threads that I'm in process of getting a divorce. My ex has retained the majority of the shared friends we had. (No real loss- none of them supported me when I was inpatient). My ex created a lot of stress by expecting me to do the parenting since his job requires him to be traveling 80% of the month. That definitely triggered my BP along with him cheating on me.

What would help me the most would be to meet other parents who have kids around my daughter's age. We are moving this weekend into a family-friendly neighborhood, and my daughter recently started pre-school. My family lives out of town. While I treasure our phone conversations, I really want more positive relationships in my life.

So a few things that I've thought of:

1). After my ex agreed to have a joint birthday party for my daughter, he kicked me out and told me I wasn't welcome to attend. So, I booked a birthday party at the local zoo and want to invite her friends at pre-school to attend so I can also meet the moms. Do you think that's a good idea?

2). When we move into our new place, I really want to play outside as much as we can. I also want to join the neighborhood association to meet other families.

Any other suggestions?