Starting to plan baby no2 and I currently have a 22 month old DS. I really want another baby but I am terrified that if I have a girl then he will be as awful to her as my brother was to me. I am not talking a little bit of sibling rivalry but he actually abused me emotionally and physically regularly from a very young age. He HATED me. Still to this day although we are civil and I would be very upset if something happened to him we don't have a close relationship at all and I still feel scarred by some of his actions. Can someone tell me that it would be okay and this isn't the norm? Please tell me some stories of older brothers being lovely to their younger sisters? I know I could very well have a boy and all of this would be redundant but I am so worried about having a girl it's putting me off trying for another. My son is in a happy and secure family, we love him and he is such a happy go lucky little boy who gets on really well with his female cousins.
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Tell me it would be fine if I have a little girl with an older brother?
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mummarichardson · 18/03/2017 20:25
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