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[quote=Anonymous]Some background: We have a 6 month old and both WOH full time.  DS has two sets of grandparents on DH's side.  For one set of grandparents, both are retired.  Another set, they both are still working.  Both sets are fairly young (3 out of the 4 are under 60) and all are healthy.  Both sets live about 2 hours away.  The retired grandparents have only visited DS twice in the last 6 months.  Both times were before he was 2 months old, so it's been 4 months since they have seen him.  The other set, the working ones, have only been here once.

I had to use all of my paid vacation time for my maternity leave, so I don't have any extra, paid time off for a while.  DS is still up 2-3 times a night, so we're not sleeping that well either.  My husband and I use the weekends to rest, run errands, and enjoy downtime with our son.

Both sets of in-laws are giving us a hard time because we haven't been up there to visit. The thought of taking a two hour trip, at this point, is overwhelming to me since I already feel like I'm hanging on to my sanity by a very thin thread.   We also have a dog, so we'd have to bring him with us as well.

I am just wondering if I am out of line and I should just suck it up and make the trip?  On the other hand, I feel like they don't have anything preventing them from coming down here (especially the set that is retired) and we are happy to host them in our home.  We have invited both sets, multiple times, and they always have a reason as to why they can't visit. A few weekends ago, DH called his mom and she was on her way to the shore (a good 3 hours from their home!!) to get some french fries, so it's not like they can't/don't travel.   My parents are 45 minutes away and make the trip to see DS at least once a week.

So, how often did you visit grandparents in the first year? [/quote]

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