What do you do to get grandparents involved to bond with your baby?
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Mine is literally nicknamed Mumma 2, she does EVERYTHING. This included the 2hr wake window which we endured last night for the 1st time in weeks 😳 That’s if you mean babies grandparents / not mine ??
@Flo OK good to know, yh she can actually take him for a walk round the park and play with him. I think they are a bit unsure what to do with a baby at this age 🤣 so just come over and watch us do all the stuff and just give him lots of cuddles when he's calm but I want them to really bond no just sitting on the sofa for cuddles
@Hayley ahh I love this🥰.. wow! You and your baby are very fortunate to have support like this. What amazing memories your baby will have with them 😍. Yh your babies grandparents lol. Yh I think they are not very confident with a little baby yet so just need to think of ways to get them more involved.. we're heading to the farm today and they can take the lead, so that will be nice.
My dad isn’t really involved but my partners mum will visit and hold and make a fuss of her. Not a lot to do really. My eldest only properly started bonding with other family members once about 2 and a half. Maybe they don’t want you to feel like they’re being overbearing so take the backseat. If you suggest they do things, they might
Just do little things to help them feel more useful and they live getting involved. They are a bit fragile to fully baby sit without us at the moment so things like feeding him dinner, giving him a bottle, playing with him when we aren't in the room, reading him stories, take him for a walk round the park, cook for him. That's the in laws my parents have only each seen him twice....