Small town. Wife (30F) and I asked my mother to watch my 2-almost-3 y.o. overnight while we had a night to ourselves. She loves spending time with her grandson and had a friend in town who also loves kids. Everything seemingly went well. They went to the local fair that happens annually. We didn’t hear about any problems.
However, today at work, a local person remarked on seeing him at the fair and made some comment about the sheriff finding and returning him. As in he was lost enough that the sheriff had to return my son to my mother at the local fair. This obviously happened while my mother was responsible for watching him. She did not tell us about it. This happened 4-5 days ago, so she apparently planned to continue to not tell us.
Either she thinks it was not a big deal or the person was exaggerating. This event would NOT surprise me coming from my mother based on previous observation of her taking care of him. I have no reason to doubt the person. This will cause immense drama for her because my parents have already gotten testy regarding the “my house my rules” concept in relation to how a guardian should behave.
Where do I even go from here? Confront her? Never let him stay alone with her again? I want her to have the opportunity to be a grandparent but that cannot happen at the expense of my child’s safety. I’m a little blown away by all of this.
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