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Am I being selfish?

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devongirl Tue 01-Aug-17 15:49:42

Absolutely not!! If you are off work with depression there is NO WAY you should be expected to do anything for your daughter's children - presumably if it was a physical sickness e.g. you were confined to bed with flu, she wouldn't expect it. Does she know? If not, you should tell her that you won't be able to help out at all until the doctor has signed her off, and she will have to make alternative arrangements, take annual leave herself perhaps to cover the time.

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TinaB57 Tue 01-Aug-17 15:42:18

I am off sick at present with depression. My daughter expects me to go to her house and help with the children for several days a week. She has a two year old and a one year old. During the time I am there I am at her beck and call. From the minute the eldest wakes up, when I get a message to say he's awake and can I get him up. Nothing i do is right. I don't do things her way. I feel like an unpaid mothers help. All the other grandparents get perfectly scrubbed little angels to coo over for a while and hand back. I'm not on the best of health as it is. Am I being selfish to want some time to myself. I love the little ones with all my heart

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