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[quote=Anonymous]Let DH handle disciplining and any rules. You can jointly implement them, but let him lead on this. You can give him a script and plan the rules, but just make him be the "face". Agree on finding out her routines at mom's house. Kids love predictability and routine. This will help her enjoy her trip. Establish some fun traditions of your own over the summer. Come up with a summer bucket list to work through together. Spend some time with her one on one without infant. Be sure dad does too. Have her help plan meals - ensure you are making some things that she likes. Bake cookies together. Make pancakes shaped with her initials. Make sure she has the opportunity to video chat or call mom. She will miss her and be homesick. When you feel overwhelmed, take a breather. Get a local teen to babysit. Recognize she's a 7 year old kid. Good luck! It will probably be alternately fun and frustrating. I wouldn't try to shut down your DH's approach of doing it vacation style - as long as she isn't hosting raves at the house, its probably a pretty fun summer for a little girl who doesn't get to see her dad all that much. - A stepmom whose DH has full custody.[/quote]
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