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How often do you see GC 1 hour away?

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Nurseryrhyme Fri 08-Oct-21 03:57:48

I hope this is an appropriate place to ask but I'm interested to know from those of you who live approximately an hour away from your grandkids, how often do you see them and for how long? Particularly interested to hear from those who's grandchildren are still little tots.

Hetty58 Mon 11-Oct-21 09:52:40

Nurseryrhyme, it's not a competition is it? I see a lot more of some grandchildren than others - despite them being further away - as their parents don't work on weekends.

The ones I don't see so much do come to stay in school holidays, though, so there's some balance. I'm sure that nobody's counting!

Juno56 Mon 11-Oct-21 09:55:33

I see my almost two year old DGD once a week for 4/5 hours as a contribution to the patchwork of childcare necessary for working parents. My journey takes me two hours each way by train and bus. It would be about an hour each way by car but I am no longer able to drive.

Treetops05 Mon 11-Oct-21 20:14:07

My DGS in just coming up to 2, and my daughter lives 50 minutes away on a good day. Some weeks we see them maybe twice or three times, but then go 2-3 weeks without seeing him.

They are financially struggling, as are we, so I find if I offer to meet for a wander and lunch or invite them to Sunday lunch I see him more. We can't help much financially, but we can manage a few meals.

Would we like to see him more? Of course, but with maintaining their home, baby and toddler groups etc they have lives which we have to fit around too

Mumben Tue 12-Oct-21 07:58:53

I am lucky, although it probably depends on how you look at it, but my Grandsons aged 8 and 12 are 10 min away and I see them on an almost daily basis as we provide before and after school child care, and if they don’t see me for a couple of days or we are away, then they FaceTime me . I love my relationship with my grandson, we are very close.

Tickledpink Fri 15-Oct-21 19:52:34

V3ra
The perfect solution, we too have a motor home and it’s useful for stopovers to see GC who live 75 miles away. It varies how much we see the GC, average once a month.