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[quote=Anonymous]I had a baby one year ago. I have 2 stepsons, then aged 12 and 14. They were not thrilled at all to hear the news and basically ignored her for the first few months. My husband was very hurt, but I told him it was in the range of normal and to give it time. The now 13 year old came around pretty quickly and recently wrote a paper about his relationship with the baby for school. The now 15 year old is only just now beginning to warm up to her and will play with her for very short periods, though (oddly) he never ever speaks to her. His younger brother told me that he gets mad when people call her his sister. On Saturday night, the baby was giving goodnight kisses before bed and puckered up to kiss him, but her refused to let her kiss him.

We never force her on them or give them any responsibility for her, unless they initiate it. As a stepchild myself, I lived in fear that my dad would have more kids with his new wife. It didn't happen, but I remember being very worried about it.[/quote]

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