I (34 F/NB), have been broken up with my ex and father of my first child (39,M) since my daughter was 2, and she turns 14 next week.
Once we split and lived apart we split our time with her evenly. Because we worked everything out so "amicably" once we were no longer in a relationship, I, foolishly, saw no reason to work out custody or child support. We had handled everything when it came to the schedule so that the time was split throughout the week, and thus, halved the expenses. During the pandemic, however, my ex and his now-wife worked retail schedules, which were unpredictable and involved a lot of exposure to the virus working with the public, so my daughter ended up spending more t