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I'm feeling inadequate.......... .......

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Greyduster Sat 10-Mar-18 13:19:55

I think you have to go with your instincts and do only what you feel comfortable with. Oddly enough, I was talking to DH about this yesterday and saying that I don’t know whether I would manage either another toddler or a baby at the age I am now, 71. It was always pretty full-on, and we only have the one!

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sodapop Sat 10-Mar-18 12:47:36

I agree with Lynnebo better to know your limitations than have things go wrong. Is there someone who could go with you to help.

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kittylester Sat 10-Mar-18 11:25:47

lynnebo grin

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Lynnebo Sat 10-Mar-18 11:23:57

I think you are wise to refuse to babysit them both while the parents are so far away. It’s better to admit your limitations rather than try to cope but be nervous about it. I’m sure Toddlers can smell fear! grin x

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chickenlegs Sat 10-Mar-18 11:15:23

I have had to refuse baby-sitting my two grandsons, aged 3 and 1. Their parents were going to be a good hour from home. I was to take over at 4.30 and prepare the boys' meal, feed them and put them to bed. The 3-year old I can do anything with and for, but the little one is walking now and very fast to find anything dangerous to put in his mouth, etc. They both know me well, although I have never fed the little one or put him to bed. I think I could have coped 20 years ago but my daughter was 41 when she had her first, and I'm now 75. When I write this, I think I must be a wimp. What do other grans think?

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