Helping DSD feel more 'at home'....

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Hints for helping DSD feel more 'relaxed' and 'at home' while staying weekends with us please... DP spending lots of quality time with her which is lovely, but to exclusion of rest of us to the extent that we have no time for us all together. Help! Ta :)

Try family activities. Painting, or a trip to the park. You all play together

DP often asks the DSC what they've enjoyed most at the end of a weekend. DSS once said it was helping me to wash my car!
Ordinary activities that they can join in on but need doing anyway are great. Eg gardening, cooking, DIY.

You all play together, and you all work together.
Make her really a part of things. A trip to the park or the cinema, followed by dinner at home where everyone chips in to sort it out.
No guest treatment.

There's no harm in him taking her out for quality time for a few hours, but really the rest of the time should be family time, I agree with the above posts.

Agree with everyone else, things need to happen as normal with everyone spending time together - only way to feel at home is to treat her as part if the family rather than some special via who needs to be pandered too etc!

Agree with everyone else, things need to happen as normal with everyone spending time together - only way to feel at home is to treat her as part if the family rather than some special via who needs to be pandered too etc!