| I think your situation is pretty difficult because of the kid involved. A women displaying such behavior to her man is to be punished mentally. You need to (re-)gain control of the relationship. At this point, you are certainly not controlling things. Ideally, the control should be devided 50-50, but I guess it's 80% (or more) her and 20% you.
I don't want to give you bad advice, but the fact is that, despite the kid, she does not really show the devotion to the relationship as much as you are. Instead, you are making up for her faults. I think you need to do the following.
Make clear to her that you are not the one with whom she can play endlessly. BTW, you should have done this from the very beginning but probably you were afraid to lose her earlier (before the kid was around). Guess what? It's better to lose such a person than being, in the case scenario, the play tool for the rest of your life. In the worst case, she will tool you up to the point that she simply does not enjoy tooling you anymore. At this point, she will cheat. A time later, she will leave. Imagine what kind of situation is this for a man who did his best make the relationship work.
So I think you should make sure she understands you love her and the kid and that you want a good, healthy relationship, but at the same time you want her to understand as well that you are not a tool and don't put with anything, despite the kid. It's a difficult situation, but you have to deal with it, there is no other way. I would not cheat on her, again for the kid's sake. Nonetheless, it's good to show her some of the aloofness on your side. Have some nice surprises for her. Try to spice up the relationship a bit. But don't do all this nice stuff before she understands that you are not her tool.
I don't know what to tell more. Good luck!
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