AIBU to ban my 2yr old grandson?

Love it Readymeals! I must admit I'm very envious of sparkly2000 - maybe I could borrow the cobwebs cleaner for a couple of hours?

Like Sue and others, I wish posters would read the whole thread before adding their own thoughts. Seems like some only read the OP then dash off a reply, even if there are lots of other posts including clarifying ones from OP.

Small children do seem to have very sharp eyes, noticing tiny bits of fluff etc on floor - I suppose it’s nearer to their level.

What I would like to know is where do all these helpful, cleaning, children come from? 3 DC and 5 DGC and I have to beg or bribe to get them to pick up so much as a pencil! I have bought toy dustpans, brushes, vacuum cleaners, cookers, ironing boards and etc etc. all to no avail. I am no great housewife but I do like to walk across the floor without some small sharp toy sticking into my foot and as for blutac (especially in the carpet)!!!!

On the other hand they do like flooding watering the garden (especially when it has just rained.

Why don't people read all the thread?

He's going to make someone a wonderful husband/partner one day

She isn't upset.
It was a joke.

He's only two. Why are you so upset about it? If you ban him, you risk his parent or parents being offended and not bringing him to see you for ages.

Buy him a toy cleaning kit perhaps. When he's old enough to do the cleaning properly, he won't be interested.

Quite a few replies to this on Facebook that people may like to see. Just the one on Twitter.

My son once went into his friend's house and ran his finger along the picture rail to check for dust. Don't know if the friend's mum was amused or horrified. Can't excuse him for being young though - he was about 16 at the time!

Maw - apologies, I wasn't referring to you but to people who clearly hadn't read the thread.
I didn't immediately see it as a spoof but reading through made it clear it was

www.gransnet.com/forums/ask_a_gran/1257534-Meals-with-DG-and-DD

This one

Was it really obvious this was a spoof?
It is not many weeks since we had a post or even thread about children with such terrible table manners that the GN member concerned talked (seriously) about plastic sheeting on the floor and using garden furniture.
They are out there you know

For those who are asking if this is a spoof - As they say over on the dark side RTFT

I loved it ready meals. One of my grandsons has OCD tendencies, he's a total joy and never gets one game out before tidying away the other. He puts crayons, jigsaws and even play doh back where it ought to be. Who Knew an almost 4 year old boy could care about tidiness and clearing up. None of mine did but then, I blame the parents.....

He has a syndrome. Call the syndrome police immediately.

My grandson is a bit older but well known for his lack of tact.
He looked at my nice flat recently and asked "Why can't you afford an upstairs, Nana?" Last week, when I was babysitting he asked me why his grandad (my ex husband) didn't love me any more!!

<sigh>

Sounds as if this may be your first grandchild! My two year grandson has been doing exactly the same thing since he was 18 months old. It’s normal behaviour at this age &
such great fun. Enjoy every moment, this time is so precious!

I find it truly astonishing that anyone could think the OP was anything but a lovely spoof. Adding an emoticon would have totally spoilt it and really shouldn’t have been at all necessary. What is the matter with some of you? What a shame amidst all the gloom and doom to not let the sunshine in with a good heart

Readymeal, I assume you are joking. Nobody could write your post with a straight face.

I understand, you withstood the untidyness of children and they have grown up, flown the nest and the house is how you want it, but now the second generation are coming along ans it is starting all again, and as your mind sinks I am sure that really your heart is singing. Ahead of you lies a future of grandchildren, loved and doted on, despite the mess, lego, small carsand socks etc etc.

Please, please, please do not tell us you really meant your OP.

DGS (son of DD above) used to love washing up when he was two - sloshing loads of soapy water around everywhere. He made quite a good job of it too!
Now he's ten he moans if he has to do anything
Rather like Kevin (I have to do everything round here )

I get mine watering the garden pots too - however, the little one tends to pour more down herself than in the pots.

When DD was about that age my MIL bought her a complete 'kitchen set', dustpan and brush, broom, dusters, mini vacuum cleaner, etc etc.
However, she didn't take to it that well and now she has her own house she has a cleaner.

I can empathise, ReadyMeals. I've got a dry sense of humour too and have been jumped on more than once for something that I thought couldn't possibly be taken seriously. Since then I've taken to scattering and and s around with such gay abandon your DGS would be worn out sweeping them all up.

For anyone who's still not sure, yes of course it was a joke I didn't put smileys and stuff cos to me that kind of spoils it. I was telling it "deadpan".

My grandson, when he was at the crawling stage, used to dribble on my new handmade rug.

I managed to keep it zipped. (mouth not rug)

So obviously a jokey thread.