My daughter is one year old, she is the first grandchild for my parents. In all honesty they weren't the greatest parents, they had me young 17&19 and to summarise they never embraced their parenting roles. I had naively thought though that they may enjoy being grandparents more now they have matured. However, since my little girl has been born they have shown little to no interest. They are separated, i saw them both at Christmas and I've seen my dad once as he was working very nearby and it was convenient for him to hang around my house for an hour or so between two appointments and for another brief show up at her first birthday party. My mum also came briefly to the party and I saw her for 5 mins the week of mothers day to hand her a card and gift. My mum lives 30 mins away and goes to bingo 5 mins from my house a min of once a week and my dad lives just under an hour away. Neither have made contact to see her this easter bank holiday. My mums sister has actually spent more time with us, who actually commented that my mums behaviour is so odd. She made no effort to interact with my little girl at her party. She literally turned up, sat down ate some food and left early without barely acknowledging myself or the birthday girl. My dads sister commented I should be honored he even turned up as he is not a family man. There has been absolutely no offer of any help or support from either of them and i cant help feeling disappointed, even though I should have known not to expect anything more. In their view children are a burden and a drain. I'm finding it harder to accept and literally feel like cutting them off, although it will probably take about a year for them to notice! Has anyone else experienced this? Has a bad grandparent ever changed their ways? Have they become more interested as the child got older? Have you just made the cut?