My nephew is 6, he has lived with me and DH for 2 years, in that time he normally calls us by our first names, recently, the last 2 weeks he has called my husband “DAD”. We occasionally talk about his mother and his past (who he hasn’t seen in 2 years) when he wants to, just so he knows who she is.
But he can’t remember his dad, who has been out of his life almost since the day he was born, so I can’t get photos out and show him, i can't tell him anything about him, so there no presents at all in his life.
I’m not sure DH is comfortable with it, we have never set out to replace his mum and dad, just to be his fmaily IYSWIM.
We have both just ignored it when its happened, What would you do in this situation?
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PirateJones · 03/04/2014 15:55
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