Di, I think a basket of disposable diapers is a wonderful idea. You can't believe how much a newborn goes through these.

I think you're being too hard on yourself about divorce. You sound like a very thoughtful person. Lots of good folks are divorced and there are many excellent reasons why they should be. It doesn't mean that these are not good people. I truly believe that God makes dispensations in some cases.

There's no reason why a divorce should make any parent out of the picture unless they were truly horrible in the reasons that caused the divorce.

I guess in those extreme cases (and I suppose there are a lot of them) it's only natural for a child to feel some animosity to the parent who caused it.

Di, you, on the other hand are trying to be a considerate step mom, so give yourself a break here. If you weren't thoughtful and kind you wouldn't be asking these questions you'd just go ahead and do whatever you wanted.

[ December 06, 2005, 06:37 PM: Message edited by: ladybug ]