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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my sister's kids were little my parents visited pretty often with my grandmother (so the kid's great-grandmother.)   The situation isn't quite the same because she was in her seventies at the time, but she finally told my mother that she didn't want to go again because every time they went, my sister and her husband would hand the kids over and use the time to get stuff done (squeeze in a little work, run errands, clean the house.)  My grandmother felt like she was stuck in the house with the kids all day and they were too much for her to take.

Might your parents feel like when they come, you don't really make it about them having quality time with the baby, but have them serving as babysitters while you do other things?  If you pitch it to them as a "visit" but you are really asking for "childcare" they might not really want to come.  
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I was thinking the same thing.  Grandparents come to visit not to clean, cook, and babysit and, no, they don't owe you anything.  I've known people who do exactly what PP has described.[/quote]

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