Oh jojo I have just had a similar conversation about my latest GS who was born nearly 4 weeks ago - despite being up there to look after number 1 while DD went into hospital, I came home the next day without getting to see him as daytime visiting was restricted to partners and had to wait for 3 days to be "asked up". Modern parents do make more of a thing about the "bonding" than I think we did, we just got on with it and in the absence of fathers who had gone back to work, we were grateful for what ever help we could get! My darling SIL is quite a hands on dad and had his 2 weeks' paternity leave but at least my offer of help was accepted to get DD through his first day back at work!! I think men can feel very left out if there are too many women around and they don't realise that we will hoover/ cook/ shop / do anything to help, we don't just want to muscle in on baby-cuddling or expect to be entertained! The other Grans make me laugh though, they have years of wisdom!! I think, being serious, that becoming a parent is such a big thing, new parents are very sensitive particularly to their own parents and possibly worried that they might be seen not to be doing things "properly". They also just want to gaze adoringly at their new baby. As for fb - that is their generation isn't it? Makes me mad.
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