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Childminding grandson. Special time over and im struggling

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FascinatingCarrot · 20/10/2025 23:24

I have been so lucky to be able to childmind my grandson 3 days a week since he was a baby, often more

Hes just started ft at nursery and thankfully is having a blast.

But its been such a hard life change and im struggling badly with missing him. Not sure why im posting really, because his mum had to leave him to go back to work so who tf do I think I am?

Any grandparents struggled too?

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BethBynnag86 · 21/10/2025 00:06

Yes,very much so.We looked after DGD for the same 2 days every week from the end of DDs Mat Leave to the start of school so I did have a lot of trouble adjusting to the change.

Luckily we see her regularly as they live locally and we still stick to those same two days when we look after her during the school hols,but for a long while I felt a sense of sadness at time moving on (for us both-DGD and me!) and I faced a change in a routine that had become embedded in my life.It also started very soon after my retirement so from that point of view I hadn't really built up much of a new routine for myself before the childminding started.

This was also something that I really didn't get the opportunity to experience with our DD as I went back to work after Mat Leave.

Redrosesposies · 20/10/2025 23:29

Yes I miss my DGD a lot since she started school even though she lives very close. She comes round quite often though and likes to do the things we used to do.