We're keeping the grands, a nearly four year old boy and his two 11 month old sisters -

[TomSlick]

and two geriatric dogs while the son and DIL take a few days off.

After one day, we're both exhausted. We're way-on too old for this!

[MLAA]

1. I bet! I can't imagine taking care of one little one! I could probably manage the doggos, but

3 kiddos? I bet son and DIL are thrilled and sleeping deeply!

[TomSlick]

2. There were no tears when the drove away.

[SheltieLover]

3. There is a reason most have kids when younger.

[GP6971]

4. We occasionally babysit for

our great grandson. Hard to keep up with him.

[TomSlick]

6. What a blessing to have great grand when you're still able to try to keep up.

[GP6971]

7. It is a challenge

but we love it. Tired much after? Absolutely.

[mommymarine2003]

5. My husband and I know your pain.

A few years ago we babysat our 3 year-old grandson and 10-month-old granddaughter for two weeks, so that my son and wife could visit her parents who were teaching in South Africa. We raised 3 kids, but watching our grandkids for two weeks was excruciatingly exhausting. It didn't help that I was up half the night changing diapers and giving the baby a bottle. Eventually, my husband slept in a separate room, and I slept with the two kids. Now we have agreed to babysit another grandchild, age 3, this coming spring while another son and his wife go to Hawaii for a week. This will include their 2 dachshunds. I am already tired thinking about.

[Hope22]

8. Try to rest when they do...

Thats my best advice!😂😂😂

[TomSlick]

11. That seems to occur involuntarily.

When the grands go to sleep, we collapse.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. I don't have, and will never have grandkids, alas.

Only son is not at all interested in reproducing.

But I'll say this, that when I had my first child, and we lived in the same city with my husband's parents, they made it very clear that they were not available to babysit. I was not happy with that, but they were already over 70. So we got whatever babysitters we needed. And honestly, we never once thought of going away for even several days, let alone a couple of weeks. I honestly think that parents these days think parenting is vastly more difficult than it really is.

[TomSlick]

12. Perhaps, but a toddler and two infants is a JOB.

[calimary]

16. That's a BIG job.

Actually, having been through a toddler and one infant, I’d call this combo THREE Big Jobs.

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. I am babysitting my three grandgirls tomorrow.

7,4,3 years old

In their house full of new toys. I can’t wait!

[dchill]

13. Hell, I'm thinking 30 would be too old for it!

[Tetrachloride]

14. i thought Tom was talking about pianos

[TomSlick]

18. Pianos don't expect to be regularly feed and changed.

Pianos also don't start screaming - in unison - together.

[Joinfortmill]

15. Been there! Good luck.

[Luciferous]

17. I have a coworker who comes in part-time

who has 4 kids under 4 (one set of twins). She says she works part-time to get a break 😂