Feeling guilty

I have Fibro it is a bitch.

The children will understand, tell them you feel like they felt when they were poorly and you are looking forward to being well again and resuming normal services.

Just a learning curve for them that grans do get poorly ... just give them another date ASAP and they will soon get over it when they have something else to look forward to.

Don’t feel bad - I know how tiring one 4 year old can be never mind 2 ! Hopefully you’ll feel better soon and I agree with frue - book another date and you can all look forward to it ?

Don't punish yourself. No-one can help feeling ill, and it's much safer for them if they don't stay when you are under par. We have twin GC who will be 4 in July, I know how taxing they can be. Hope you feel better soon.

I was supposed to be having my disabled grandson to stay while his parents had a well earned and neeeded rest. He never slept for more than a couple of hours because of medical conditions and they were exhausted so I felt really guilty having to let them down once, at the last minute when I felt ill. I think they forgave me, eventually!

It's the way we are though, Happygran. Guilt as a mother or Grandma even when we feel dreadful. When my grandson was little I used to sometimes have him in Friday's to stsy, after a busy week at work. If I didn't feel up to it I felt very guilty but posters are right, children DO understand what being poorly means. Hope you're feeling better soon.

Look after yourself well and book another date now with the children so they can look forward to it

Look after yourself, there will be other opportunities. As vampire says, children understand being "a bit poorly" as one of our 3 year olds says.

Don't feel guilty. Children understand illness. It's nice that they were disappointed because it means they love being with you.

Hope you feel better in a few days - my niece suffers with fibromyalgia so I know how painful it is. Although the girls will be disappointed I'm sure they'll have forgotten about it in the morning so no need to feel guilty at all and you're definitely not an awful gran!

Oh heavens - not your fault at all - no guilt please! There will be another time I am sure.

Hope you feel better soon. x

Don't feel guilty! You need to look after yourself.