Stepdaughter

This is a bit of a long one but I was in my stepdaughters life since she was 3, and she stopped seeing her dad at the age of 5, although she still saw her younger brother (my son) a few times after she’d stopped seeing her dad, she is now 7 and he doesn’t see her or make much effort really even though I do try to get him to be more involved, so I was wondering if it’d be odd for me to send gifts to her and things like pyjamas for the summer weather and just a little note to say they’re from me and her two younger siblings? I don’t want to overstep or cross any boundaries but would really like her to know we still care about her x
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I think this all depends on the relationship you have with the child mother. It's more about how she'd feel about it and would she appreciate it or not xx

My husband and I were together for 6 years and he has 2 kids from a previous and we had a child together. We separated for 2 years (are now back together and we got married and had another child). During the times of separation, I maintained contact with his two kids because I was really close (I still am) with them. I had the support of their mum during this time too, so maybe reach out to her mum and see what she thinks x

Aww this is so lovely of you, before i say anything i wanted to clarify as i didnt understand from your story how did she stop seeing her dad but was seeing your son? As i mean wouldnt be him organising pick ups as etc or perhaps you wasn’t in the same household together? Or was it you on behalf of him ? Sorry im so confused have been in a similar situation but where both of us wasn’t seeing her because her mom was keeping her away from my husband, so i would come up with ideas of sending her gifts etc for her birthday, and do online food shopping that was going to be sent directly at home every 2 weeks etc, but i used to consult my husband and ask him what he thought of it because in the end thats his daughter and im just the step mom… so i would say definitely ask him what he thinks but anyways thats the sweetest thing to do and she will always love you and cherish you so much for your actions❤️

Thank you all, I don’t have a bad relationship with her mum but we haven’t spoken for a while, when I was seeing stepdaughter it was without her dad, her mum would bring her round here (me and her dad weren’t together) but when we got back together we (myself and our two children) didn’t see her anymore xxx

I think it’s a lovely gesture and it’s good you’re making an effort for the siblings.

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