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[quote=Anonymous]Nanny here who specializes in toddlers.  This is my take: eight hours is a very long time for a child that age to go without some physical exercise.  Two, consistency is the bread and butter of successful toddler wrangling.

I'm not sure what the constraints are for everyone involved, but in my opinion the ideal thing would be for your parents to come for half days consistently (meaning every single week). Even if you are already home some of those hours, he will still get that time with his grandparents and get used to them being the ones around and in charge.  on the weeks when you are not home, I would either ask your regular nanny to work the hours, or preferably look for a backup sitter who needs those hours, since that would enable you to have a backup sitter for days when your nanny is sick or unavailable.

If that does not work, then I would throw money at the problem in a different way: sign your kid up for a class or classes and have your parents be the ones who take him on their day.  That gets him out of the house, but supervising a toddler in a place like Gymboree or JW tumbles is much easier than supervising a toddler at the playground or library.  If your parents don't drive, I would have them Uber.

I know that that sounds like a lot of money (either overtime for nanny or finding and hiring a back up nanny or paying for Uber and an expensive class, but the reality is that your son will grow out of this phase in just a few months. In the meantime all of these things will help him to get comfortable with his grandparents so that this can be a successful long-term relationship.  that has to be the number one priority.  once they have gotten used to going together to his gym class, then they can move to something cheap or free like a mall play area, or an enclosed playground.  after they have done that for a while, they can move on to doing the things in your neighborhood. [/quote]

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