Just wondering if this is normal /if other parents experience this as well?
I'm a SAHM and DH works from home so we spend loads of time with DD and try to connect with her loads. She's quite a spirited kid but generally manageable - the usual toddler meltdowns from time to time through which we're there for her. We set limits and boundaries and are not permissive parents.
The thing that absolutely baffles us though is that when we go to her grandparents or other family gatherings, she literally doesn't want to know us. It's like she gets so excited/stimulated and it becomes impossible for us to get through to her about anything. She will insist on a grandparent or aunt or uncle doing xyz instead of DH or myself, e.g. helping her with food or shoes or coat... sometimes even a nappy change (which is where I always put my foot down, usually ends in tears). If she starts acting up and DH or I try to set a limit, she is totally unreceptive and will usually just try to run from either of us.
DH and I are getting increasingly frustrated as she isn't like this at all at home, so it always looks like we've got a spoilt brat on our hands. I feel like we just need to bite the bullet and be firm in these situations even if it results in a public meltdown (the idea of which stresses me out even more).
Has anyone else experienced similar? How did you handle it? Do toddlers get better at dealing with these situations and not get over stimulated so easily as they get older?