Hi
I am three months into a relationship with a woman who has recently split up with her husband. She has two kids, a four year old boy and a two year old girl. The relationship is going great, and there are no problems with the two year old, but the four year old has recently started acting up and not sleeping through the night and I'm really worried that it might be to do with me. I get on really well with him, he's a lovely little boy, but I am concerned. I should mention that I am not staying the night at the moment, as both the mother and myself don't want to freak him out any more than he has been by the split.
Also, what do I do when he acts up when I am playing with him, say when his mother is bathing the younger one or when she is making their dinner etc! I know he can't get away with tantrums etc, but at the same time is it to early for me to be disciplining him? I don't want to replace his father or anything and I'm worried about the differences in boundaries that we might have.
Any advice would be gratefully received both on these matters and on anything else to do with suddenly becoming a step parent with no prior experience!
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voyager123 · 29/09/2012 12:01
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