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[quote=Anonymous]A friend of DS6, whom he met in K, has an infant sibling. The parents work (mom only part-time) but have a grandma who watches the infant (and another preschool-aged sibling) during the day when mom isn’t home. It’s been three days a week. Before school started, the mom asked me if I would mind picking up her son on the days she works and grandma is there, because the infant is still sleeping at school drop-off time. It takes me three blocks out of my way and only around five minutes, but it’s still something I have to factor into my morning time-wise and I do allow myself an extra 10 minutes, just in case. The first week, grandma would come out and get the boy in the car and was very thankful. But last week and now today, grandma sent him out himself while holding the clearly awake and happy infant, and no one looks frazzled in the least.

I get it. It’s easier for me to swing by and grab the kid than it is for grandma to get three kids into the car. But I find myself growing resentful. How hard would it have been to just ask if I’d still mind? Clearly the baby isn’t sleeping. This is a convenience framed as something else. I keep thinking about how “convenient” it would be to have that extra ten minute buffer in the morning.

I have no idea what to do, but I worry the resentment will only increase as the year goes on. What would you do? [/quote]

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