Someone should get a smile out of this.
We live an hour or more from both sets of parents. I am a freelancer and therefore have NO childcare as anything I earned would go straight into childcare at current costs. So I work whenever I can- naps, weekends, evenings and occasionally my mum takes little one for an hour or so when she visits.
My partner's mum is really not that great at the childcare thing but has insisted that she wants to help. Each visit is exhausting. For example last time I managed only 20 minutes work in 3 hours and when I came back into the room was told 'she's got a pooey nappy you should change'. It's a nightmare but I'm trying very hard to make it work for everyone's sake.
It's been a lousy day and DP's mum arrived during little ones nap and started unpacking tons of things. She always brings random things for us as she's something of a hoarder. We say 'yes' and put it in the charity box for fear it will go back into her already dangerously cluttered house.
Little one is unsettled so I have her asleep on my chest and gladly took refuge as boxes and bags kept appearing.
I've just heard knocking at the door. She's locked herself out going to the car to get more hasn't she?
It's going to be a very long afternoon isn't it?