My DS will be 2 in the summer and is the only grandchild on both sides. My mum sees him every weeks but has not done any childcare bar 45 minutes when I had an interview and she pushed him around the block whilst I was in the building. She has not done any baby sitting, or ever had him on her own apart from those 45 minutes. Which is fine as he is my child and we pay for childcare every day I am at work. She has never offered and I have not asked. It has not been an issue as I do not expect her to do any childcare. However she has now heard about these NI contributions for grandparents providing care and started to raise it. I quickly shut it down by clarifying it was only £250/year and she moved on. AIBU to be upset that she would only seem to want to look after him if she is paid enough? To clarify she works 2 says a week.