I'm planning my youngest son's 1st birthday next month and trying to work out what to do. He's my third and most probably last baby, so it's a biggie for me. I'm planning on having a big bash. Then I thought about who to invite and realised that none of dh's family (he has 5 siblings) have even bothered to make the effort to get to know him. It made me quite sad, considering they made the effort with my other two boys (though not lately).
I know life etc gets in the way, but it just made me feel quite angry. It feels a bit like because we have a third child (as opposed to the exciting first two) suddenly they don't want to know. He's a lovely kid and deserves a relationship with his family too, but it's like they just don't want to know.
It just struck me though - is this a third child thing? Does anyone else have family who treat third, fourth, fifth children differently?
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Third child being ignored...is this a thing?
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bletheringboys · 06/05/2016 19:20
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