7/29/18

[carriea31]

Tomorrow morning we go back to the doctor and have another ultrasound done, along with the regular monthly check. I guess this ultrasound is more detailed and they measure bones and look hard at all the organs. That should be neat.

My husband is planning to talk to his parents  tomorrow about the length of their stay in December.  I had been

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[carriea31]

Well, it isn't their first grandchild, which is kind of another sore spot for me because of the way they are behaving about it. It is their first BIOLOGICAL grandchild. My son was 10 years old when my husband and I got married, and then husband's sister adopted a little girl last year, who was 9 years old at the time.

So, they are acting differently toward this one, even to the point of praying specifically for the baby and then "all the other grandkids" at meal times, etc. I think that is just horrible. I don't care if they are blood or not, the other kids are their grandkids and for me, that is just the end of it. To me, there is no "half" or "step" or anything like that. My son will never call the baby "half-sister". She is his sister, period. I will not tolerate any kind of nonsense about that in our house from anyone at all, which is why my husband put a stop to it the first day. If they don't like it, they can hit the road and I won't feel a bit bad.

It isn't just because it is my son that they are doing it to, I am equally irritated on behalf of my niece, the one who was adopted. So that is something I will continue to watch, probably even more so after the baby is born. It is good and normal to be excited but it is not ok to treat the other kids differently because of this new baby.

Wow-I bet that rant was more than you were counting on with your question. Sorry. Hot button. Hahaha.

[annabelle50]

You mentioned in another entry something about how they were acting with your son, and that is definitely unacceptable!

[spikesgirl58]

Not at all. It's your journal and if you can't rant there, then where?

I agree with you. My sister totally dotes on her only granddaughter and treats the two boys like they are (a better grade) chopped liver. It makes me angry, but it's not my place or call, I suppose. There's so much she does that makes me angry, so this isn't a surprise.

*hugs* to you, your son and niece. They are lucky to have you as an adult in their lives.