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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Currently hosting the second round of grandparent visits to see baby, and I'm super frustrated. We have 4 sets who all live out of town and they basically treat coming to stay in our tiny 2 BR like vacation and I'm exhausted. Even though baby is 6 months I'm still physically recovering from a very hard birth that limits my mobility somewhat still and baby has had health issues that have resulted in lots of night waking and consequently--major sleep deprivation for DH and myself so we are not really functioning well yet with all the demands of life and two full time jobs. Does anyone else's family actually help when they come? If so, what would they do? All I want is them to maybe pick up the cost of takeout one night or help with dishes but that seems like too much to ask. And I couldn't get either grandma to do a diaper change when baby was a newborn. Do other grandmas do this?[/quote]

All grandparents and aunts/uncles helped out when they visited.  They just didn't visit very often. MIL/FIL only came for 5 days after the first child and did not visit until the second child was 3.   My parents came for about 6 days after the birth of each and came about once a year (unless we were hosting Thanksgiving or Christmas) after that. None did diaper changes though.  But they did cook, buy take out, my mom would do laundry.......  My mom basically said she would take care of me so I could take care of the baby.

I would suggest to your family that they stay in a hotel from now on because with the baby there isn't enough room.  That will lift the burden somewhat.  [/quote]

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