Mothers chihuahua ate half of my babies grape

Don’t pay it. It sounds like she’s one of those all too common owners of small dogs who thinks, because they can just pick their dog up they don’t actually need to train it.

Why do you take them to there if they bite your children

Op this sounds like such a toxic environment and frankly dangerous for your children. Yes the 3 year old might love your sister but he doesn’t at all understand the toxicity and strange codependency between your mum, sister and a dog by the sounds of it!
Id cut contact. The 3 year old will forget. Just say nanny and auntie are sick and we can’t visit now. In the long run this sounds by far the best option.

Thanks! Yes that would very much account for me logging back in and out holding old dusty socks on my hands that hopefully impersonate a number of fictional characters…..I generally find it super time consuming to just be me 😭

This is a totally unfathomable situation - you should not have been allowing your children round her aggressive Chihuahua at all, and she should damn well train it. They are intelligent little dogs, known to be feisty. I have worked in canine welfare professionally and I shall try and find/add a photo of a facial injury from a two second encounter with one of the (small) pugs I once fostered. Flat faced, small, so often 'babiefied' - which caused a lot of the problems we saw with little dogs, and this is was the result of me picking up a biro she was 'resource guarding'. I didn't even touch her. Another nearly took my hand off - my stupidity as I shouldn't have put my hand out to offer comfort as I didn't know the full background, but you live and learn. Your child could lose an eye with a chihuahua as they have much sharper snouts. In contrast to your parents, mine made sure every window had a childproof lock on it, and that any sharp furniture edges were safe, etc.. as they really loved their grandchildren. I know we can't choose out parents, but yours have their priorities all wrong - and are failures as dog owners, too.

The dog has nipped my eldest and now my baby on his cheek and for that I'll never allow it near them after that I always put it in the crate...

If it was in the crate.. how did the dog run downstairs. And this is only one of their dogs?

They have now had two bites..

Have you decided not to take them there again?

grapes are poisonous but I don’t think half of one grape would be that much of an emergency.. they’d have to eat much more than that I’d think for it to be seriously dangerous. I don’t know that but that’s my guess!!!

Stop going there. The real issue is they don’t care enough to visit you, or stop their dog hurting your kids/their grandkids!!!

I think the reference to “socks” meant sock puppet accounts. If it didn’t, even I’m stumped. Assuming I’m right, the inference would be that the other posters you had mentioned are in fact other accounts that you’re actually behind. In other words that you’re posting to agree with or support your own post using other usernames.
I believe this sort of thing does go on with forums but a very small minority of people do it. Most people wouldn’t have the time or inclination to be bothering with that nonsense. You’d be forever logging out and logging back in as different users or switching between different web browsers to do it, presumably?

Nope nope nope. Tell your mum you're really glad the dog is OK, but that you've asked for the dog to be kept apart from the children, and that if she'd done that there wouldn't have been a problem. You can even say the separation was as much for the dogs protection as the childrens, and that this has now been proven.

She'll probably stop talking to you but that will solve the lack of contact issue.

Why on earth take a baby when you know the dog bites it

i would not go there any more and your mum can come to you without the dog

Nd no I would not be paying the bill. Her dog her responsibility

Oh for goodness sake give the OP a break! The dog was a puppy and puppies nip! Fact! Since then her mum won’t come to her house so she feels forced to go to hers - OP makes sure the dog is in a crate whenever she is there but this time mistakenly thought it was upstairs out of harms way! Why do enjoy tearing people down who ask for advice!

That’s the perfect solution to motivate them to keep the dog caged, “THE BABY HAS GRAPES! LOCK THE DOG UP!”

Refuse to pay the bill.
Report the dog for biting.
Go No Contact.

They add nothing to your life by the sound of it. Stand up for yourself!

Did they know the baby came with grapes?

Again - where is the laugh reaction as this totally tickled me😂

I'm also thinking Ossie Osborn would've had a solution to this. 😉

Very 'Freddy Starr Ate My Hamster' isn't it.

If someone had failed to secure a Chihuahua and it bit my baby's face, I'd have put the little fucker into orbit.

I think it’s the incorrect use of “babies” rather than “baby’s”—makes it more salacious.

I think all here would say the same for your bizarre reactions. But again- All the best. Hope you can find some humour in your dry little life. 🤣

Quite! 😂 😂

OP - it must be hard to have a mum who puts her snappy little dog before you and your children. I do agree with other posters who think you should stop visiting and keep your children safe. If your sister wants to maintain a relationship she’ll have to grow up and make the effort. You’ve put yourself out enough.

It wouldn't matter how much my child liked going somewhere, they would not be going to a house where a dog has bitten them. The vet bill seems really insignificant when you have written about your baby being bit on the face and you've continued to take them there.

You are putting your children in clear danger every time you go there, your child has been bit before and you're minimising it!!

YABU for taking your children there. Who cares if your family are upset. Even if your eldest wants to see your sister more, who cares? Any dog biting anyone should be put down and you should not be risking your kids.

Sorry no idea what that means?

I voted YABU because you absolutely shouldn’t have gone back after the first time it bit your child!

Even a small dog can seriously injure a child with it's razor sharp teeth. This could result in amputation, or worse.

You are taking your child into a very dangerous house and your mum is totally irresponsible and unreasonable. Your sister sounds like she has serious mental issues. Stay away if you want to protect your child.

And, by the way.............they are being cruel to the wee dog, not training it, not letting it out etc.