AIBU to ban my 2yr old grandson?

Bikergran That is so funny! (phew!)

I have read some bonkers posts, seen some bonkers threads over the years and been told off for not taking them seriously, so who was to know.
Still not very funny, but reading this might redress the status quo.

ffinochio I read the OP as it as written. There was nothing in it to suggest the OP was not serious. What a strange wind-up?

I agree with you too, by the way!

Our first DGD when two was (we thought) definitely OCD! She enjoyed cleaning but would take things, like slippers, the cat's bowl and the biscuit tin (plus lots of other things she could carry) and line them up in perfect columns side by side, across the rug in the living room.

Now she is older all that has gone and her mummy has trouble getting her to tidy her bedroom or clean up after herself! We bought one of our dgs a little dustpan and brush set for his birthday as he too loved grabbing the big broom and sweeping the kitchen floor and nearly putting everyone's eyes out in the process!

It seems like a natural part of child development and play to me.

Riverwalk after some of the posts I have seen here on GN I think anything's possible :-)

I must live on another planet .... it was so obvious that the OP was tongue in cheek!

Can't be many grans who would ban a 2yr-old for highlighting her slutty ways

Oh ha ha.
Wondering whether grandparents who don’t ever see their grandchildren for whatever reason were amused?

Wouldn't it have been so much easier to say - just kidding- or a wry emoticon ?

lol well...a few days ago my GS (age) said he didnt like me, I was not nice etc etc (cos I told him he couldn't have something)!

Anyway a day or so later DD rings me and tell me GS is making and "Electric chair"!! worst was to come!! it was for GRANDMA! yikes! He was wrapping selotape round the dining room chair (used the full roll)

I though Oh heck Ive really upset him this time..but the Electric chair !!! I said to DD does he mean theeee electric chair? I thought what on earth has he been watching as we know 4 yrs olds are well beyond their years.I thought naghhhhhhhhh it must be an electric chair as in with remote controls that goes up and down but nope! wasn't that lol it was "A Stair Lift! lol thank goodness for that I was sooooooo relieved lol.

I asssumed it was a tongue in cheek post.

If only we had a tongue in cheek icon!

We used to take our granddaughter to our caravan for holidays when she was little and she would always want a damp cloth to wipe everything down. I have lovely pictures of her doing it. That is the farthest thing from her mind now in her own flat!!

(I think the dust must have been in the mop, not around my house!)

Definitely encourage him (what's not to like?) But be very careful. When my GS was about this age I gave him my little furniture polishing mop and he very sweetly went round dusting everywhere.

In the car on the way home he had a mild asthma attack.

Cue Granny suffering lifelong excruciating guilt. ?

In the meantime, this may bring a smile

I'd train him to use all your cleaning equipment properly, and then hire him out. You could clean up make a fortune!

I think the post is tongue in cheek. Wouldn't it be lovely to have a little helper though.
I get garden help when our DGC come over. Watering cans are heavy but we have little ones for them. The favourite passtime is filling flowerpots and seed trays with potting compost from a big sack.
Sowing seeds and making labels.
Weeding is too skilled and hard.
Any other suggestions welcome?

Your phrase '...to make me feel like an inadequate housekeeper' made me wonder if this is a serious post. He's 2 years old: get a grip!

Ban him from yours and send him round to mine Can’t wait

Sadly, I don't think any of my GC are domesticated. They take after me.

Readymeals

OK I get it.....but methinks we need an 'irony' Smiley, some folks are just to subtle for me.

Ok on reflection of all the advice I have received here, I think SueDonim is the post that will be most useful going forward ;) Yes it will good to find a use for the little chap :D

He's only two? Then he's an ideal size to pop up your chimney and give it a good sweep, as winter (hopefully) corms to an end!

A friend visited with her small child and handed me a bunch of autumn crocus. "Oh thank you" I said "how beautiful, we have them in our garden too".
"Had" she replied.

I think it's rather sweet!

Either a total ban or get him to a psychiatrist for assessment immediately. To have developed this level of obsessive behaviour by 2 is very worrying indeed. Or never clean and leve it to him to do it all for you