Not a Supergran!

The problem is once they are old enough to tell Mummy what they were allowed to eat/do/watch but not old enough to keep it a secret!

That's because you are one, J

Sorry!

Oh I love dolly mixtures!

Don't want to throw a downer on all this lovely granny stuff really, but reminded of my poor sister who had a daughter who would almost literally swing from the chandeliers when coming home from grandmas house. She thought it was because she didn't get out and have enough exercise while there.

She found out that g.ma fed her with lots of dolly mixtures and she was having an allergic reaction to additives and the suger. Despite many pleas to her MIL not to give the girls dolly mixtures and other high sugar sweets, she had many a battle on her hands and had to make a stand in the end and refuse to let the girls go to granny's house on their own.

Eventually a compromise was reached so the girls were given "allowed" sweets when at grandparents. Girls are now beautiful at 18 and 20 but one neice still reacts badly to sugar.

Glass - Great minds think alike!

jingle just peddle there and back to the shop and then you can have a treat

J04

glamma I know just what you mean about those old-fashioned sweet shops that are opening up everywhere thes days. It's a shame the sweets seem to fatten us more these days than when we were kids!

I have a fridge magnet that says "Children spoilt while you wait". I also have one that says "Mummy knows a lot but Grandma knows everything".

glass I have a sticker on fridge says "if I'd known grandchildren where so much fun I would have had them first" also bought by DD

I have a cushion and embroidered on it 'Grandchildren spoilt here' and guess who bought it for me..... yes my Daughter

Pet If we cant spoil them who can

DD has to manage on a tight budget and so can't really afford to buy the extra treats,but give her her due she does bake some fab biscuits and cakes for them,I have the goody box in my house and they arrive here and have the pick of what they want many a time we have had a late night with drinking chocolate and choccy biscuits not to mention jelly worms and all manner of sweeties from the local sweet shop which has just opened in our town,a bit to close to my house for comfort !!!

Yeah! Isn't one of the first things they understand: "Don't tell your mum" ?

" it is because I am imagining the disapproval and scorn of an imaginary figure SUPERGRAN who is probably a composite of some of the posts on Gransnet.

SG provides wholesome food sitting around the table as a family, the GC being perfectly behaved and eating up their greens. To follow, educational games."



Have you read bits of Gransnet I haven't? Don't we grans always get away with murder?!

My grandsons only ever get to eat soft white bread, and have sugar on their strawberries, at Granny's house.

I feel much better about my slapdash grandmothering after reading nice comments.

For some reason I always feel anxious when I read posts by those who run a tight ship.

Anyway, took GS swimming this morning and we had a right old laugh. Then made him a proper lunch (macaronni cheese) which I had planned to eat at the table but he wanted to watch Toy Story 3 on the television so we had trays on our laps.

Petallus

I bet he can't wait to be with you! How lovely. I get it totally.

Petallus you can bet that your grandson relishes the times that you let him have those treats and relax the boundaries, and when he is older he won't be reminiscing about the supergran who fed him nutritious food, but the fun gran who let him have pot noodles whilst they enjoyed DVDs in font of the TV

I'd love to know who makes up this Supergran persona - Probably doesn't have grandchildren! I was delighted when I caught DD "bribing" LF to finish his tea with the promise of a mini packet of Chocolate Buttons - "She's learning", I thought!! That said, I heard of one Granny in our village whose DIL told her MIL (a formidable lady) off in no uncertain terms for offering DGS a pot of chocolate mousse when he was staying.
I hope you had a peaceful night petallus and that he wasn't up and about too early this morning!

petallus, I wouldn't mind betting that your GS thinks you are a very super gran and surely he is the best judge!

On thinking about it, I realise that when I am feeling guilty about, for instance, DGS having a pot noodle in front of the tele with a double chocolate chip cookie waiting in the wings, it is because I am imagining the disapproval and scorn of an imaginary figure SUPERGRAN who is probably a composite of some of the posts on Gransnet.

SG provides wholesome food sitting around the table as a family, the GC being perfectly behaved and eating up their greens. To follow, educational games.

Even now I've sneaked off to post on Gransnet whilst DGS is downstairs playing by himself.

Agree with gracesmum grandparent's rules when gp is in charge. We have biscuits and occasionally, coca cola. Very deviant.

Some days I can do no wrong - I get wholesome foods inside them when they have refused everything except mini sausages and a yogurt drink, get them to bed with a smile and one story, amuse them and get compliments and cuddles. Other days, they are tired and tearful, only want their mum, and don't want to do anything I suggest. Now I just see which way the wind is blowing and claim the credit if we all come out of it looking like supergran and perfectkids!

That's what grans are for!

Gran's prerogative to give treats - your house, your rules!