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[quote=Anonymous]This is advice for down the road, but most first time moms get a little freaky and overprotective with their newborns. I was no different. While you certainly should never put your newborn at risk needlessly, please try to restrain some of the super protective reactions many new moms have when around your step-daughter. Be sure to offer your baby for holding. Empower your step-daughter to help. Don't freak out and snap about stuff ("the baby's napping!!!! be quiet! the baby can't eat that!"). I'm not saying you'll do these things, it's just that having a baby triggers a lot of stuff in us new moms and I'd hate for any of those things to cause your stepdaughter to feel unwelcome or like a burden. Congrats, by the way!!! You sound like a really great step-mom...I'm sure you're be an amazing mother. [/quote]
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