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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your expectations are way too high. First thing I noticed from your post is that you complain that no one helps you change diapers. Changing diapers is an intimate event and it seems weird that you expect someone besides a parent to do it.  Seems like you could control some of the info vie Ce by asking your parents to organize themselves so that you are only doing errands once or twice a week. [/quote]

Ummmm.... these are grandparents, not random friends. I agree, I don't *expect* people to offer to change diapers, and yet, they have offered! Coworkers, for example. My mom, on the other hand, comes to visit and says things like, "don't expect me to change diapers." Meanwhile, my ILs don't mind doing diaper duty at all. I don't think it's "intimate," it's just kind of icky, and uninvolved grandparents don't want to deal with it. It's a shame. OP, I totally understand, my parents are somewhat like this, too, although they don't expect to be catered to, they just want to have their multiple happy hour cocktails and watch me take care of DD... and then show photos of her to their friends ;0[/quote]

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