I was telling my mother yesterday that we got DD a sand table instead of chocolate for Easter. Her answer was 'Oh, okay, I'll get her one for here too'. And when I asked her not to, she got angry with me, because I was being cranky and unreasonable and won't let her buy anything for her granddaughter.
They mind DD two days a week, and there have been discussions before about the amount of stuff they buy for those two days.
DD has more, and better, toys there than she does at home. When we got her her first Duplo set, they bought her two bigger ones. When we got her one of the Fisher Price Little People houses and some people, they got a farm and whole hordes of little people. When we got her a little toddler trike, they got her a bigger, better one. She got more toys from her grandparents than from Santa last year.
She also has a whole wardrobe of clothes up there, even though she turns up at their house fully dressed every morning. One of our neighbours is due a baby girl this week and my mother has sent down a big bag of clothes for her - stuff she bought for DD that's never been worn. She then told me that she was going up to Belfast this week to do some shopping for DD because she's outgrown all the clothes they had for her - you know, the ones she never wore.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that they're mad about her and I know how lucky we are. But I do think that she's in danger of being terribly spoiled if this goes on for much longer, and that there are probably more constructive uses for their money! Plus it feels like nothing we get her has any novelty value for long because it's immediately replicated in her grandparents' house.
Am I being silly?