Little thoughtful things your parents still do for you?

[Charlavail]

My mum buys me a little bag of powdered milk bottles each Friday when she does her weekly shop. She also buys me nappies and wipes every week so we have a stash for newborn DS. If I go round her house for lunch she always makes my favourite for me. Jacket potato with cheese, beans and coleslaw.
She does loads for me and DC but the little things make me feel so loved.

Puts clothes in the post for us. I don't always love the clothes but I love that she does that for me & DS.

Nothing unfortunately. My dad and his wife saw us twice last year and they only live 30 miles away. I’ve given up trying with him. I will be sad when he isn’t around any more but there won’t be a physical gap in my life or my kids’ lives 🤷‍♀️

I’m 33 and my mum once a year or so will always look at my shoes and say omg the state of those; then she buys me a new pair but I can only have them on condition she takes the old ones to bin 🙈

She also bought me a winter coat this year because she thought the one I had wasn’t warm enough!

If me and my husband come to visit or she visits us - she will force us out the door and insists on babysitting our little one so we can have an evening out on our own.

So lucky to have your parents still.

Because I had my first child really young and very soon after meeting DH both sets of parents were worried about us. DH had his own home but was just starting out working for himself so they would bring us little bits of shopping, nappies , wet wipes, toilet rolls etc.Even though we have been financially ok for a long time both sides have kept this going for over 20 years, they get offended if I say not to bother. They still buy school shoes, coats , socks and pants for the younger ones as well. They have also offered a lot of child care over the years so we could have time out to be a couple and also so I could have time to myself. We are very fortunate.

When I go home to visit, my parents get my favourite food in, fuss over me, make sure my old bedroom has everything including mini toiletries and hairdryer, extra blanket and load up the bathroom with cotton wool pads, cleansers and posh shower gel. I'm 50. I love them so much and wish I could see them more often.

They buy things for our unborn baby, they make dinner for us and sometimes even deliver it to us! My mum always texts each day to check everything is ok with us.

I'm incredibly lucky to have such hardworking, generous and supportive (without being overbearing!) parents.

My Dad cooks me breakfast when I stay with him.
He sometimes sends a crate of wine.
He cleans my windscreen and headlights for me.
I adore my Dad.

Mum still buys me an advent calendar and Easter egg every year. I've already eaten my egg

My dad will bring me back my favourite pastry if he's seeing me after passing near a bakery, and always brings me fudge or Shortbread back when he goes on holiday (doesn't do abroad).

My grandma used to send me cuttings from the local newspapers of things she thought would interest me, it was lovely.

The newspaper cuttings - just shows that you are always on their mind xxx so lovely

My dad was always the first to offer me a lift somewhere, or pick me up like he did when I was a teen. He was brilliant like that. Lovely dad who I miss so much.

My mum always has a care package for me when I go to hers - bottle of juice and a multipack of crisps for DC, toilet rolls, kitchen roll, packets of tissues, kitchen cloths and sponges, Polos! When the DC were babies she bought them new clothes at the start of each season, kept them in winter coats and boots and summer holiday clothes. She had 'dibs' on that and it was so good of her.

When my dad was alive, my parents always took me and my DC on holiday with them, at their insistence. So many happy memories of summer in a caravan with them and my DC

Mum still buys me an advent calendar and Easter egg every year. I've already eaten my egg

Oh yes! My mum does this too. And a calendar and diary at the beginning of the year.

Saving these up for my DC. Lost my parents at 14 and 23 so never really got this stuff as an adult.

@FourEyesGood

My late dad was never especially sentimental or affectionate, but after I left home, he used to send me cuttings from the newspaper if there were features about bands he knew I liked. No message, just an envelope in the post with, e.g. an interview with Super Furry Animals from The Guardian. I was always very touched.

Oh love this 🥰

I have no contact with either parent (child abuse) so this thread makes me feel like a hungry child pressing its face against a sweet shop window.

My DM and DDad have both died now. I have lovely memories of all the little things they did for me though. My Mum brought me tea in bed everyday when I lived at home. My Dad retired when shortly before my first dd was born. He used to come to see me everyday and take dd for a walk in her pram. Then when he brought her back I would feed her and he would peel veg for me or vacuum or peg out washing. He gave me very generous birthday gifts and when DH lost his job they paid our mortgage and car payments until he got another job. Mum a LL ways cooked my favourite meals whenever I visited. How I miss them both. My mil is very kind too. She buys books and Dave's them for me to read and she has always taken my DC for a week holiday every summer so DH and I could have romantic break.

My mum buys me vegetarian jelly snakes from marks and Spencer’s every time she does her shopping (I’m a vegetarian obviously)! She bought me a Mother’s Day present from my baby even though my partner had got me one anyway ❤️

So lovely to read things like this, when so often the norm on MN is for people to say that you should never expect a single kindness from your parents.

My eldest is 21 soon and I had a recent thread where I was told I was controlling and manipulative as I said I worried about her walking home in the dark. We exchange little messages most days (we've just been talking about the dog's anal glands), I am sorting out her easter eggs for when she comes to visit at Easter, will make her favourite dinner when she gets home, take her shopping - I hope I will always be able to do these things for her and her younger sister. My mum died when I was 13 and I think by doing basic kindnesses for my kids as they become adults I am in some way putting that "right". Also I'm nearly 60 so particularly touched to see some people my age still having a great relationship with parents in their late 80s+

I was a teen mum decades ago, and had my baby at Xmas. My dad made her a stocking aswell as me. I remember opening the little presents in between contractions. He made her a little library and made me promise that I'd read to her every night at bedtime. He did absolutely everything he could for us both, and I miss him immeasurably.

Such a lovely thread

This is the kind of mother I hope to one day be for my adult dc.

I live overseas and am visiting the UK for the first time in 3 years on Thursday.
I'm sure my mum will make a little welcome back for me - deodorant, tampons, fancy shampoo/conditioner, a little notebook, pen, M&S goodies and mini eggs.
Topped off with Gregg's steak bakes, roast dinners, a pashmina and probably all manner of snack foods known to man in her pantry!

My Dad does the Hornpipe for me. His legs are not so good now but he still does the arms. My mum listens, really listens - it’s a skill.

Mum bakes for us and Dad makes a famous plate of toast for everyone.

My parents are really happy together and we all just feel it.

@Stillmousy

I have no contact with either parent (child abuse) so this thread makes me feel like a hungry child pressing its face against a sweet shop window.

Stillmousy I am so sorry

@Stillmousy