Helping daughter with her children

I am not waiting, family first and it has been for a few weeks. I only need to step in as emergency cover with children not at school and both parents need to be covered for when their work patterns overlap. Dd is a dentist and is working extra hours and her husband is a key worker

so they should deal with the mass gatherings and raves first, not grandparents who do what families do ie look after each other

All I can say is, report me.
DD and husband are both key workers who work shifts. They have largely managed to arrange that one or other of them is off to cover child care but there has been the odd occasion when we have had the 2 GS here ?
There are reasons why even though they are key workers the children haven't been at school. I have't left the house except in the car (not getting out) since lockdown. The children wash their hands when they arrive and we keep our distance which they are old enough to understand.
You have to help when you can.

I've just joined gransnet today and have a similar query to some of you. Pre Covid 19 I used to look after my 2 going on 3 year old granddaughter 2 or 3 days a week regularly. Now we want to resume asap, in fact next week I may help out for two half days at my son's family home. I am hoping for some ideas from other Grans and of course want to do the right thing. Thank you.

Yes we’ve been In for lockdown and not mixed at all but all you do is help them as she’s trying to juggle everything , Boris says get back to work , how can some people dependant on grandparents grrr

Apologies I just read the whole post and noted she is not a single parent x

Is she a single parent? My undersanding is a single parent can form a bubble with another household for support.

This will be us in a few weeks when DD has to return after maternity leave. We have not shopped and limited our going out and been ultra careful for the whole of lock down.

If necessary I will break the rules to help her with child care.