My mother is a lifesaver and looks after DD (3) when she's not in nursery and DS (1) full time. We do pay her, but it is a much more flexible arrangement than a nanny would be. I work full time, as does DH. This is partly financial and partly by choice - I love my career and it is not something I can do part time. My mother is enabling me to progress in my career while secure in the knowledge that my children are being looked after by someone who loves them. So far, so good - right? We are also all living together at the moment while various house sales and purchases progress - that's also going fine for the most part.
However, my son currently has chickenpox. He is therefore miserable and it breaks my heart because he is too young to understand what is going on and why we can't make it better. Last night he woke up around 9pm. He was making complaining sounds but we have been leaving him for a few minutes when he does this as he often self settles. However, yesterday my mother swooped upstairs and brought him downstairs. I was home from work by this time and offered to take him but (a) he didn't want to come to me (which was really upsetting); and (b) my mother said "he only wants me and he's upset because he was left to cry".
This really got to me - but was it unreasonable to be hurt about this?...
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to be upset when my son goes to my mother to be comforted
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keely79 · 22/01/2013 13:53
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