Cherry,

Sorry to hear that this is happening to Mitzi.  My own daughter (10 1/2 SWCAH) has experienced this all her young life with my ex-husband’s family.  They don’t understand what CAH is, no matter how hard I try to explain it.  They have always seperated her out from the other grandkids and even looked at her funny when they thought I wasn’t looking.

She has no relationship with them at this point and she sees them occasionally when she is with her father.  She has come to terms with it in her own way.  As far as she is concerned they are missing out on a really awesome person.

My family more than enough makes up for it, shopping, going to the park, overnight visits, that sort of thing.  Sometimes there just isn’t anything you can do about it but to console your grand daughter and help her to become a stronger person.