Big age gap? step parent issues?
Hi i was wondering if anyone else had huge age gaps between their children. My daughter will be 10 by the time baby is here. like me she is going to be an early developer (34bcup while stillin juniors) at the minute im really struggling to keep my patience with hwer she is so stroppy, one minute she is kind and loving and the next she's sky high bouncing off the walls. my partner is only 24 and sometimes she is really horrible to him and i know he feels hurt by it cos he would never retaliate and say something back. thing is i was on my own with her for years (4) and although i had the odd fling during that time she never knew any of it. Marc is the only person been allowed into her life. She's really close to her dad and like me he was single for years and now he has a young gf of 23. i can understand some of her hurt and worry and have reassured her that she is the single most important person in my life but she is definately an all or nothing gal. im worried about how she'l be with baby, she said she's excited but i dunno. any advice?? :roll:
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Now 7 years on they fight like cat and dog lol
xx
Oh was never really close to his mother and far from spoiled but when she met his stepdad was angry mostly at his age,(young anothe to be his brother)
when she had his brother my oh was 19 and not only had to get use to a new family but also change and share his room, as soon as she had baby my oh spent nearly every day for the first 18m looking after baby and they still now have a good relationship, and as for his stepdad my oh talks to him more than he does his mother,
things have a way of working out, fingers crossed for you, xxx
Hope everything works out okay - I'm sure it will.
I wouldn't worry about jealousy. I would just involve them in the baby's routine from early on e.g. getting nappies, bottles, holding them etc
33.4 wks