parenting manuals dont help with this (lighthearted)

[devonshiredumpling]

my ds 7 and dd4 have an older half sister who is 22(by partners previous marraige) and having her first baby. I explained to both of them that they were going to be an uncle and aunty to which dd is beside herself with glee and ds has gone into a right old strop and does not want to be an uncle but really loves the fact that there is a new baby in the the family . please help

I was 28 when I had my DD. My half brother was 10 at the time.

My DD is now 3 and they get along great. My Dbro gets to do all the things he is too grown up for and I get a bit of peace.

Works well all around

No direct help, but there is 16 years between my and my oldest cousin on my dad's side, then another 3 with bigger gaps, I think I'm seen more as an aunt by them as a cousin.

I've even had to remind relatives that I'm not 'Aunty sashh'.

I don't think of my dad's brothers as my uncles, I know they are but I've always called them by their first names.

I think your children may have more of a cousin relationship with their dn/dn and that's fine.