Hello, to start I wanted to say that this is an alt account, I figured I wouldn't be taken seriously using my main. 

My girlfriend and I have been together for 2.5 years and lived together for 1.5. She has two children from her marriage and she's now pregnant with my first child (started her 6th month). She has a boy (4.5) and a girls (6) who both live with us. Overall we all get a long like a happy family. Their father's in their life (for better or for worse I suppose) consistently and seem to be happy kids. 

This is the first sign of any real issues between me and the kids and honestly it's not far from what I expected but I'm having some problems dealing with it and my SO is seemingly a little exasperated with my complaints even though she's been very supportive otherwise between the children and I. 

Her 6 y.o has begun to ignore me. She'll just look at me or she'll continue to go about her way. It ranges over silly things like setting her fork down while I go to wipe her face (she's a bit specials needs physically and needs help with a couple of things) to safety concerns like grabbing food that's too hot. And to things that genuinely hurt my feelings like me trying to say hello or tell her I love her. 

My biggest concern is that I'm beginning to lose my patience with her and while me SO will something to her daughter about it I'm finding that she's just not budging and that she'll only associate with me on her terms or if I threaten punishment. 

How do I combat this? Do we ignore her so she knows how hurtful it can be or do we let go till she out grows it? Or is there something more or less direct that we can attempt to remedy or speed up this process?
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step daughter is randomly but more often ignoring me from simple positive interactions and polite
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Hello, to start I wanted to say that this is an alt account, I figured I wouldn't be taken seriously using my main. 

My girlfriend and I have been together for 2.5 years and lived together for 1.5. She has two children from her marriage and she's now pregnant with my first child (started her 6th month). She has a boy (4.5) and a girls (6) who both live with us. Overall we all get a long like a happy family. Their father's in their life (for better or for worse I suppose) consistently and seem to be happy kids. 

This is the first sign of any real issues between me and the kids and honestly it's not far from what I expected but I'm having some problems dealing with it and my SO is seemingly a little exasperated with my complaints even though she's been very supportive otherwise between the children and I. 

Her 6 y.o has begun to ignore me. She'll just look at me or she'll continue to go about her way. It ranges over silly things like setting her fork down while I go to wipe her face (she's a bit specials needs physically and needs help with a couple of things) to safety concerns like grabbing food that's too hot. And to things that genuinely hurt my feelings like me trying to say hello or tell her I love her. 

My biggest concern is that I'm beginning to lose my patience with her and while me SO will something to her daughter about it I'm finding that she's just not budging and that she'll only associate with me on her terms or if I threaten punishment. 

How do I combat this? Do we ignore her so she knows how hurtful it can be or do we let go till she out grows it? Or is there something more or less direct that we can attempt to remedy or speed up this process?
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Step child is ignoring me and is possibly on the verge of self harming. How
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