New relationship

I got out of an abusive relationship and I started talking to a guy that is really sweet and I like him but I don’t know if I’m ready to hang out with him yet. We met a few years ago briefly but that was it. I also have a kid with my ex and I haven’t told him and I just don’t even know how or when to tell him that I have a kid. I keep ghosting him for a day or too and talking to him again because he just wants to hang out and I don’t know if I’m ready. Especially because me and my ex are still involved with coparenting and I don’t know what he would do If he found out. I just need some advice from someone who has been through something similar