Leaving your first child to spend a night with their grandparents should be easy — you're exhausted, you need the break, and they raised you, so clearly they know what they're doing. However, it's anything but. You get paranoid about everything and give a million directives that likely get laughed off by your parents, which really doesn't help the situation.
Fast-forward a few years to when you've got more experience under your belt and maybe had another kid or two, and suddenly the idea of leaving your second or third child [1] with their grandparents is a complete no-brainer. If you've been in this situation, it may have broken down a bit like this:
First child: As far as meals go [2], we haven't introduced any meat, grains, or root vegetables, and we're staying away from fruit juices or any kind of fruit.
Third child: FYI: all he's had to eat today are chocolate chips, so you might want to feed him. You do you.First child: We don't do any screen time and that includes television, phones, or windows with a particularly strong reflection.
Third child: As far as screen time goes, please, no more than 18 hours a day. We have standards.First child: Here's a burner cell . . . it's preprogrammed with all the important phone numbers — mine of course, the pediatrician, osteopath, homeopath.
Third child: If you have any kind of emergency, please do not hesitate to call . . . 911. My phone's actually going to be off.
Watch the video above for more hilarious differences.