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[quote=Anonymous]OP you sound like a great stepmom an obviously care a lot about DSD. She sounds a LOT like my SIL. (In addition to my SIL I also work with children diagnosed as ASD.) SIL is in her 20s now, but she had a very hard time when I married her brother. She has very rigid ideas of family and how she interacts with them and it was a lot of upheaval for her, even though we like each other very much. We included her in various aspects of the wedding planning and this helped. She tirelessly researched wedding etiquette and became a great (and entertaining) source of knowledge. I am wondering if perhaps you can couch this as a project you take on together (once you're pregnant?). You plan her new room together and maybe also include her in planning the baby's nursery. If she is anything like my SIL, she may also be interested in the pregnancy week-by-week (SIL downloaded an app on her ipad and made sure to call me to discuss weekly fetal development). I think if she believes that "this is what families do when they are expecting a new addition" she will follow your lead and it will alleviate a lot of discomfort for her. Good luck![/quote]

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