No & no for me. I'm always a little jealous when I see grandparents out with their grandkids (various ages...from young infants to teens) on little dates....eating meals, doing activities and shopping!
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He is too young still but my mom and dad do with my nephew.
First grand child on hubs side
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My mom and sister do. It's very nice! I love how close they are to DS.
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My mom and I have a standing date every Monday, and she spoils the both of us with lunch and goodies. She's dying to take DD out, on her own; I've just gotta cut the apron string a bit. I love how close my parents are to LO.
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My folks babysit two days and week so yes, they take DS on many outings. I get so jealous when they text me photos of LO at the park or out in the city. I wish I could be there too!
But, I know they deserve time together and I'm so lucky that they are so loving and involved with him. -
I hope mine will. My paternal grandparents took us out often, including a weekend in a hotel w/ a water slide around Christmas most years.
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My parents have my Dd over on Friday nights, which is really nice of them. But it doesn't help me that much since I still have DS at home. They have a DD only policy, probably cuz she's the first grandchild and potty trained.
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Yup! MIL takes DD twice a week. They go to toy stores, out to breakfast and to the park. They're best friends
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My parents take DS out often. Their favorite places to go together are Costco, the playground, ToysRus and a local grocery store with child sized shopping carts, haha.
They've never take DD out though.
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@luckypenny: cute
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Yep. Both sides take DS out. I've vetoed a lot of MIL's activities tgis winter because she likes to take DS to giant play places and I'm trying to limit germ exposure. But she takes him shopping.
My parents take him to a lot of places. Usually something educational Or physical (like museums or hiking).
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My parents did when I only had 1 kid. Not sure about now ...
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@HLK208: when did they start with DS?
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@autumnlove: around 2.5 is when they (my parents) became comfortable
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@T-Mom: that's a little weird! I hope when he's older they'll take DS too?
My ILs watch LO once a week so yes. My mom has never taken M out solo because she doesn't drive.
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@locavore_mama: haha I don't know! They are weird like that. They definitely help out in emergency but said in the future they will have to either have only one stay over at a time, or stop having either of them over! I think one is manageable, but two is overwhelming ..
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They live too far away, alas!!
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@T-Mom: AH Ok. I can understand overwhelming. I just didn't want your DS feeling left out!
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My mum has but I don't have a good relationship with the inlaws so I don't trust them to have her by themselves yet. (my mum has had her 2 hours max at a time)
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@autumnlove: no never. I feel the same way you do!
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@locavore_mama: I know... He is just starting to catch on that jie jie gets to hang out with grandparents and he doesn't. However, the first time they watched my DD overnight was age 3 (when I went into labor) so maybe that's the magic age for them.
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My in-laws recently started taking LO out for the day and overnight. He was about 27 months old and potty trained. I still have to pack all of his meals which is a major pain. They won't even attempt to feed him due to his allergies. My FIL wanted to prepare DS1 for the baby and becoming familiar with them watching him.
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My parents for sure will after this lo is born-- they LOVE taking my older niece (4) out, it is their favorite thing to do in the world!
Not sure if my in-laws will be like...
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My parents take her out but my MIL really can't right now. She lives in an apt. complex with a lot of flights of stairs and there's no way she could carry M down them all without help. She was talking about getting a car seat for her car and all I thought was, where are you possibly going to take her now?? But when she's walking, she'll be able to get her out more easily (I hope).
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We live too far away! I'm pretty sure I would not be comfortable with it though. My own father is a terrible driver and my MIL's driving scares me too.
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