I don't know if this is unusual or if I'm just a bit precious about my daughter, but my MIL is forever asking if she can have DD for the day or take her out for the afternoon.
DD is only 21 months and I just find it weird that MIL would rather spend time with DD without DH or I. We go and visit every fortnight for a whole afternoon, and have let her know she is very welcome to come and visit here (which she does occasionally). But she still continues to ask if she can take her out, and has done since she was 6 months old bieng breastfed. I just find it strange that she would rather spend time with her grandaughter without seeing her own DS or DIL. Obviously she wants a relationship with my DD but surely when this young she doesn't need to take her away from her parents?
My family always visit us if they want to see us or we visit them, and it was the same as I was growing up, my sisters and I would visit grandparents with our parents or GP would come to ours. I can remember maybe twice as a teenager gran coming to babysit at ours so parents could go out. So I'm not sure if I'm just thinking that the way I was brought up was the "right way" IYSWIM and grandparents everywhere take babies and toddlers away from their parents instead of visiting?
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to wonder why MIL can't just come and visit DD?
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senseofhumourfailure · 03/05/2010 20:31
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