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July 2021 Babies 🇦🇺

Support when no village

Just wondering how some parents get the support they need when family is limited?

I don't have a good relationship with my mum, my father passed away 7 years ago. I have siblings but they have their own young kids. My FIL is almost 77 and my MIL works full time, lives around the corner and offers some support like picking toddler up from daycare and a few hrs very sporadically. I am annoyed at selfish she can and has only looked at my 9 mth old once. My almost 3 year old has never had a sleep over, but she has other grand kids who are similar ages stay with her.

I have some Aunties but most older and or work. We have paid for a baby sitter a couple of times which helps, but they are not cheap. We build on friendships and we have daycare, and now outsourced a cleaner.

I get slightly envious of families whose parents take their kids one day a week or are around to offer more support. Is it just me that has selfish grandparents- or is this a common occurrence these days?