Hello,
Just curious as to how often your parents visit your child?
My LO is 15 months. My husbands parents are only 5 minutes away from us so he sees them regularly and my MIL comes to our house to look after him once a week to help with when we are working.
My parents are split up. They both live around half an hours drive away. I'd say they have probably seen my son maybe 10 times in his life each.
When he was newborn they used to regularly ask about him and want to see him and now it's rare they see him or ask about him. Whereas my MIL messages every day almost to check if my son is okay. Just little questions like how he's got on at nursery? If he's had a doctors appointment she will ask how it's gone. She will ask if he's okay when he's sick or generally just want to know if he's had a nice day.
Am I expecting too much to think that my parents should be more interested in my son like my MIL is?
They even forgot it was his first day at nursery until they saw a picture I posted...
I find it tricky to understand if I'm asking too much as I know if I needed them to look after him they would but that isn't the same as them just wanting to come and see him and spend time with him. My mum has looked after him twice since he was born. My dad never has.
It's frustrating me and I'm at the point of not asking them to come round etc as if they don't make the effort it is their loss not mine as I get to spend every day with my son watching him grow.
If you've got this far then thanks so much for reading. I'd love to know what your parents involvement is with your children? 😁