Just a little background for those who don't read my blogs. I am a new stepmother of SD11. SD's mother abandoned her when she was just 2 and my DH is a full time parent everyday.

On previous post, I had complained about my mother putting a lot of pressure on me to be SD11 mother since she was abandoned by her. The advise I got was to tell my mom straight up not talk about it anymore, and change the subject every time it approaches.

I keep waiting for my SD11 to say something about getting her dad a -she picks out something and I buy it and say it is from her- present. She has yet to even mention anything to me about it. Should I just wait until she says something and then take her to walmart so she can pick out something or should I just wait and see if she says anything or not?

As of right now, none of my husband's gifts says who they are from. They just have his name on them.

I didn't really go into what my in-laws did and how we handled them in the last post, so everyone was left to assuming my DH stood by and did nothing. This is not the case.

First though, in my last post I said my SD would not be treated as equals to my biological children by me. I did not mean this in a material sense. I am not the kind of person who would by double chocolate sundays for my bios and only a lemon pop for the SD. I just mean that I will more than likely showing more love and affection to my own kids.