DSD pretending to be mum...

[Laci]

Not sure how to deal with this, or whether I need to deal with this at all...

I have a 6 week old baby. 7 year old DSD.

DSD is lovely and very, very clingy to her baby brother. She wants to hold him all the time (very helpful when I want to make a cuppa!) and I'm happy to leave him with her on the sofa for 2 minutes whilst I make a brew (the lounge is attached to the kitchen so she can shout to me if she has a problem).

The thing that is a bit odd to me is that when I'm out of the room, I can hear her saying 'I'm your mummy' and 'mummy is here' etc as if she is mum.

I didn't say anything to her. Should I just let her get on with this little mum fantasy? Or is it a bit odd and should I tell her to stop?

I'm a bit hormonal and know how ridiculous it is to be upset by a 7 year old pretending to be mummy but it just made me feel a bit... weird!

WWYD?

Yabu but understandably so. I do feel for the little girl though, she's only playing and it is a bit sad to see you thought it weird. My hormones were all over the place but I was always mindful that it was a reason, but not an excuse, to be a bit.....odd about things. Give it a few weeks and you'll forget you felt like this (hopefully!)

Hope you get your mastitis sorted, that's a bitch and can make things feel so much worse.

Thanks for the advice everyone. It's hard to 'chill out' sometimes with an anxiety disorder. But I will try.

Going to deactivate mn now for a while as I think pp is right about the internet not being helpful :(

I was worried she would feed her with a bottle as she has loads of them for her dolls. She puts water and squash in them. Not referring to breastfeeding.

In continuallychargingmyphone's defence when every subsequent poster goes on about the same thing (ie nastiness) it can feel like everyone is ganging up on you, especially if the original infraction of continually's wasn't even that bad.

To OP, eventually DSD will grow out of it or get annoyed by him when he starts crawling and grabbing her things, pulling her hair etc.

laci sounds like you have a deightful big sister there so try not to worry.

Sorry for all you have been through

@Laci don't isolate yourself. Not everybody is nasty..if you search the posts I have messaged on, there is one about a lady making friends suffering with anxiety. She is lovely! There is only her and myself that write on that thread..come on there! Us anxiety sufferers need to stick together!

Ahhh OP I was concerned too about DSD's 'feeding' my DD too when she was born. I explained to them that she couldn't take any milk from anybody but me and they totally understood.

They also said 'I'm your mummy' and I'll admit this freaked me out a bit and I went all weirdly protective like 'no! IM her mummy!!' I soon realised I was being ridiculous but hey! That's what hormones and no sleep does to you!! (I've never actually said anything about this to anyone in RL!)

The novelty has definitely worn off now though! They still play with their dolls and their dolls very much copy what their little sister is doing which I suppose gives it more of a life like effect?

They are fab sisters though, I couldn't wish for any better! So loving and caring towards her and still want to get involved and take care of her!

Good look OP

Luck**! Not look 🤦‍♀️