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AIBU to ban my 2yr old grandson?

(306 Posts)
ReadyMeals Wed 13-Feb-19 11:14:14

He comes to my house and immediately points out any bit of crumb or fluff on my floor, to make me feel like an inadequate housekeeper. He fetches the dustpan and brush to clean them, which I should feel thankful for, except to add injury to insult he make more mess and mayhem trying to clean than there was already. Would it be unreasonable to stop him visiting until he can accept my home as it is? He turned two last month and has been doing this since he was about 20 months old.

Jalima1108 Thu 14-Feb-19 19:05:47

I thought your post was tongue-in-cheek too Toots
wink

Blencathra Thu 14-Feb-19 19:09:23

A very funny thread. So many people don’t bother to read the whole thing before they post!

Jalima1108 Thu 14-Feb-19 19:11:07

sometimes a thread becomes tltr

I do skim read and get the gist but could miss something vitally important

ReadyMeals Thu 14-Feb-19 19:24:28

Oddly enough, Jalima, he IS a capricorn grin

Toots Thu 14-Feb-19 19:25:23

Did you jalima1108?... ? in my defence I had already read the first few posts and they didn't really give me an inkling it was a joke... I'll know better next time.. (but then I'll probably go the other way and offend someone!). ??

Jalima1108 Thu 14-Feb-19 19:32:42

Oddly enough, Jalima, he IS a Capricorn
Worry not then, Readymeals - DD was like this at that age, but she did get over it. He'll get it out of his system soon enough!
She now employs a cleaner as she hates cleaning so much grin

Mapleleaf Thu 14-Feb-19 20:43:57

I find it quite amazing that so many posters haven't read on beyond the first half dozen posts before commenting. If they had, surely they would have realised it was a spoof post! ?

trendygran Thu 14-Feb-19 21:36:26

When my now 5 year old Granddaughter was 2 she surprised her Mum -and everyone later on video- by switching on the hoover and moving it to and fro to clean the carpet. Admittedly she didn’t clean a big area at all, but she knew how to do it.
I think 2 year olds just have a natural curiosity and pick up any fluff etc quite innocently. Banning your grandson for this,if you are serious about it, would be very sad for the future.

Bathsheba Thu 14-Feb-19 22:07:31

You only needed to read the one post above yours trendygran to know it wasn't serious. You didn't even have to read the whole thread??

DeeDum Thu 14-Feb-19 22:11:05

Goodness he sounds bit weird !! Most kids that age like playing not inspecting the house! Ban him forever and run
Ha ha

SpanielNanny Thu 14-Feb-19 23:15:43

My 21 month old DGS picks up bits of fluff and hands them to you, usually with a loud ‘oh no’ to really make you feel ashamed! He actively hunts out the dustpan and brush in his parents kitchen (although I have seen him attempting to comb his hair with it!)

DIL is putting his love of cleaning to good use though, she sent me an adorable video a couple of days ago where he was helping her clean by dusting the tele.

GreenGran78 Fri 15-Feb-19 00:05:31

I would love my little GD to come and make a mess in my house. It's her 2nd birthday on Saturday, and she lives in Australia. She thinks that Grandma 'lives in the iPad! sad

Toots Fri 15-Feb-19 00:53:38

I was looking for the Acronyms list as not seen it before...no sign at all...definitely wasn't there...then suddenly, lo and behold the whole page changed and now instead of the whole thread filling the page there is a "Discussions of the day" column on the right hand side, and other stuff including the Acronyms list at the bottom.. very puzzled? did I click a different link or did GNHQ change the layout?... def not seen it before..doesn't take much to
confuse me nowadays! ?

Marilii Fri 15-Feb-19 01:34:55

I think your little grandson is not trying to make you feel like a poor housekeeper at all. I think he is emulating the adults in his life. He sees the adults cleaning, so he is cleaning too. Monkey see, monkey do. He is too young to realize that some behaviors, which are just fine at home, are not automatically engaged in when visiting someone else. But he'll learn all that in time. For now, I would encourage him and tell him what a wonderful helper he is. I'd even buy some stickers and put one on his shirt every time he "helps" . :-)

Allykat1946 Fri 15-Feb-19 02:09:57

Grow up are you a grandma or 5 years old.. Enjoy your gorgeous grandson and see his little ways for what they are. Why be so offended are you so perfect, if you are than why do you not have a clean floor etc.. Sorry but that's how I feel... grow up and enjoy this little boy.

Ameliarose Fri 15-Feb-19 07:57:43

Ha ha readymeals ,my daughter used to check out everyone's toilet & keep flushing them when aged 2 yrs

Helennonotion Fri 15-Feb-19 09:02:58

Could you stop the cheque? Oh sorry wrong thread! grin grin grin

kittylester Fri 15-Feb-19 09:18:01

Is this thread a joke? grin

netflixfan Fri 15-Feb-19 09:18:42

Ive missed out here. My dgcs are dirty kids and don't notice any mess!

trisher Fri 15-Feb-19 09:32:56

Oh just encourage it. Before you know it he will be a teenager and if he stays will bury the room under a layer of stuff, grunt when you speak to him and leave the kitchen surfaces covered with crumbs etc because he was making a sandwich!!!

Jalima1108 Fri 15-Feb-19 13:04:25

Sometimes it starts before teenage trisher
I posted about our own 10 year old 'Kevin' who apparently 'has to do everything round here'.

Nannyfrance Fri 15-Feb-19 19:15:01

My grandson used to love sweeping the floor and cleaning the windows. Make the most of him ReadyMeals, it won’t be too long before he will no longer care about your crumbs or fluff on the floor as he won’t take his eyes off his phone.

Cherrytree59 Fri 15-Feb-19 19:32:19

Thought I would have quick look to see if the proverbial penny had dropped yet!
Seems not.grin

Marydoll Fri 15-Feb-19 19:38:34

{grin]. I'm really enjoying this thread, I bet ReadyMeals never expected such a huge response.

I also have that dead pan sense of humour, which has got me into trouble on more tahn one occasion. smile

Blencathra Sat 16-Feb-19 06:59:32

Hilarious! I have just come back to this, having pointed out that people don’t bother to read a thread before they wade in with their opinion, and 9 people have posted as if it was serious! They didn’t even read back a few posts, never mind the thread!