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[quote=Anonymous]We have a 5.5 year old and after trying for over 2 years it doesn't look like we will be able to have another due to infertility. One of the most heartbreaking aspects is how badly my DD wants to be a big sister and have a sibling. She asks nearly every day when she will get a baby sister and cries that she wants one so badly. We try to explain that families come in all shapes and sizes and that she is so lucky to have all of our love and attention. But I just don't know how to help her come to terms with the fact that she likely won't ever have a sibling. The reality is that even if we did miraculously have another child she would be so much older that I don't think it would be the relationship she has in her mind like that of her friends who have siblings close in age.

Did anyone else go through this? What more should I say to DD if anything? Is it just a phase and do they get over it at some point?

DD has great friends and we make sure to keep her busy socially, so it's not a matter of being lonely.[/quote]

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