I am a single mum and I have a 5.5mth old DD, she has 4 cousins 2 school aged boys and a girl 7 weeks older and another girl 22mths older. As she will be an only child I am hoping she will get along with the other girls and they will have the same sort of bond my 3 sisters and I have. My problem is I am worried that as she gets older she may feel jealousy toward the others because they have lots of relatives on their fathers side that give them presents all year round and my DD doesn't.. And to make it harder to explain why she doesn't get stuff is the the fact the 2 boys have a different father to their little sister but they have been welcomed into their stepdads family with open arms which I think is wonderful as even though they see their father his family refuse to have anything to do with them.. My DD's father lives in another state, his family (whats left of it, parents are both dead) live in another country and he refuses my DD to meet her half brother and sister...
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Everyone is different, and so is everyone's families, all you can do is tell her how special to you she is and maybe take it as a way to teach that all the presents in the world doesn't mean a thing, to appreciate what she does get, because while she may get less than her cousins, there are plenty of kids that get less then her.