A WOMAN has been left "feeling terrible" after telling her daughter she can no longer babysit her granddaughter. She explained that she's been watching her granddaughter on a Sunday and Monday so that her daughter and son-in-law could get a " good night's sleep for their work week". While the situation has worked out well "until now", she continued the Reddit post to admit she's now struggling - especially considering she lives in a static caravan and "can only child proof so much".
"She’s at a hard age where she’s into everything," she said of the 13-month-old. "She also doesn’t know what no means yet so I find myself hovering over her trying to protect her. "She goes for anything not nailed down, out of curiosity I know, but still I worry.
" Read more Parenting stories When she told her daughter she "needed a break" because her "anxiety is through the roof", she "flipped out on me and said a lot of choice words to me". "I cried my eyes out and feel terrible," she continued. "Now my daughter isn’t speaking to me over it.
" She added that she tried to tell her daughter she "just wanted to be grandma again and not the person always saying no", but had been left a "wreck and feel like a terrible person". Most read in Fabulous She's even been put on medication for her anxiety. And when she questioned whether or not she'd done the right thing, people in the comments section insisted that she had.
"Put your own oxygen mask on first, Grandma," one wrote. "Your daughter should.