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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm part of a blended family! Here's what my parents did that really made us "feel" like a family:
-Started new traditions/merged old ones (eating ice cream for breakfast on the last day of school, visited the same beach house every weekend in July, all kids got an ornament in their stocking from Santa)
-Spent lots of time doing fun things as a family (sledding, ice skating, playing/going to baseball games, swimming, day trips to the beach)
-Each parent made a special effort to spend one on one time with each kid. There were six of us, so it only happened about once a year, but I remember getting a mani/pedi with my mom and going to the batting cages with my stepdad. It felt really special to be alone with them.

My mom and stepdad divorced while I was in college, but I'm still close with him and my stepsiblings. Like regular families, having common memories to look back on really brings you closer.[/quote]

This is all great advice. Our children were 10 and 5 when we married, both used to being only children, and still only children at their other parent's home. We went through the same thing - loved each other at first, then hated each other. We employed all the same tactics as the above poster, and also when on to have a baby of our own. The older kids mutual annoyance and love for the new baby really bonded them, and almost seven years later, our blended family works very well, although not perfect. [/quote]

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