Well, I am going to blow my own trumpet here... lol. Both me and my husband( we have separated now) have been and always wiil be great grandparents... I am always there for all my gkd's and would do anything for them, and my girls both know that. Luckily my youngest dd lives about 5mns walk away, and my eldest about 20mns walk away.

I also want to add my MIL to this thread! My parents lives abroad and we only see them twice a year (even though I'm sure that I would have included them in this thread as well if they lived her). My inlaws lives just around the corner from us and MIL picks up DD from school and look after her until I get home from work at 6. She been looking after her since I went back to work from maturnity leave and I don't know what we would have done without her! Sometimes she is also babysitting in the evening so me and hubby can go out for the night. Yes, she is spoiling DD something rotten which is is common dispute between us, but rather that then the oppposite.

hh bless him! would you like to swap, my fil for your dad!!! my fil could do with learning a thing or two!

Thanks Jenjen - he is fab.  He was really chuffed that I wrote about him on here.  I love Bounty and its feel good factor !

libby, i think your dad is amazing, i think grandads sometimes get pushed out when grandmas are around so yey for your dad!!!!!

I want to add my Dad to this list.  My mum died a 9 years ago and I am also a single parent.  My Dad really stepped up and he has been really supportive.  He came with me to my scans and now looks after dd 3 days a week.  I don't think he would have been this involved if my  mum was still here but both he and my dd have really benefitted from the close relationship they share.  Grandad is great !

yey for grandparents!!!!! (But not inlaws!!!)

my own grandparents still play a huge role in my life and i look at them like a second set of parents, if not more, they have done so much for me and they adore my little girls. they are truly the best grandparents in the world, my mum and dad are fab with my girls, they don't spend a huge ammount of time with them due to work commitments but enjoy every minute when they do, they don't spoil them rotten as i don't want this but they are very fair and share the same values as me which i supposed where passed on from them!

lets just say the in laws are a different story but we won't spoil such a nice thread with mine!!!

yay for awesome grandparents! (or grandparents-to-be in my case)

since we found out about expecting our little one both our sets of parents have been really supportive, mine live close so we've had lots of support from them (like being allowed to live there rent-free whilst trying to find our own flat!) and altho his parents live further away they're really good too - i know his mum wishes she could visit more!

i'm lucky i get on with his parents i think - it still seems not long ago i was terrified they wouldn't approve of me!

Ah a nice thread! My parents are fabulous Grandparents, ds adores them and they have him two days a week whilst we work (thre rest he is in nursery).

Dp's mum is also wonderful. We have had our ups and down (mainly her and dp) but she is a fab gran as well and James loves them all.

my mum and dad are amazing! They absolutely spoil ds (15months) but not to a point where Im saying thats enough, I had to go back to uni when ds was 2 n half months old, mum changed all her working hours meaning she was working nights and looked after him for me, (still does a year later) she has him from 6pm on a sat til sun morn so that me & dp get 1 lie in a week, (although I am up now waiting for him to get up so I can go and get him) when lo has been in hosp we have phoned her int he middle fo the night and she has come straight up there regardless of the time. She is abosolutely amazing. My dad has literally furnished our house (we have a low income while Im at uni) aswell as getting it decorated for us. He has taught lo things like how to climb stairs and how to climb off the bed and the couch which at the time I thought was a bad idea but now see that its best he no's how to do these things rather than falling. He is continuously teaching lo how to walk and how to do new things, he's alot more daring with him than we are lol. They both have to see him everyday to the point where if I havent been round to their house they will coem to mine for 5mins just so they can see him. They are both the best and most devoted parents and grandparents I could wish for.

I just want to thank my mum who has travelled 120miles today in order to have my son while I have gone to work. She is a complete star and I honestly dont know what I would do without her, even on the other end on the phone!

Just had to add how grateful I am to my mum and dad tonight.....I have been a single mum since last August any mum watches Amy 3 days a week while I work and they have her to stay over anytime I have a night out (which isn't that often!).

Anyway......we went to mum's for dinner tonight and i was a bit teary as was really tired and could've murdered a long lie........I didn't say anything but my dad must've sensed it and took Amy into the kitchen and asked her if she wanted to have a  sleepover....she said yes (of course...cos gran and grandpa's house is so much more fun!!!) so here I am in my jammies, watching xfactor, having a glass of wine and was told in no uncertain terms that i have NOT to set my alarm for the morning and just pick her up when I am ready! Of course, I will not take advantage of this and WILL set my alarm and go collect her at a reasonable time but I just feel so lucky that Amy has such wonderful people around her....and that I have such great parents xxxx

My parents are absolutely wonderful grandparents too !!!!  They live 5miles away and are always there for us, but never interfere or tell us how we should be doing things.  LO couldn't wish for better grandparents.  We moved 220miles to nearer to them and I know we'd struggle without them. xxx

My parents and my in-laws are pretty good grandparents - but we live 250 miles away from both sets as we had to move for DH's job.

MIL has the boys for a week once/twice a year - one at a time though  , and they come to visit more often than my parents, but that's because my parents still work full-time and MIL can't work (long-term sick).

I can call both mothers for advice, though sometimes the relationship with the MIL can be tricky (she spoils the boys and feeds them junk food when they stay over - mainly because she doesn't like vegetables and won't cook them for the boys).

Now we're so far away both sets of grandparents HAVE to call ahead to say they are coming, but we miss the free babysitting they offer...!  We haven't had a night out for months, and it was months before that one too.

Not to say that there aren't moments when we don't see eye-to-eye on some things, but both sets of grandparents respect that it's our job to set the boundaries for our kids and they are only there for the fun bits and to spoil the kids rotten. 

im jealous too.. my side of family fab...ils not...thats not just favouritism either.to get respect you need to give it, they dont.

you are so lucky to have wonderful grandparents for your chld. My parents are wonderful but don't even get me started on the MIL!!

ive not seen any threads on here about wonderfull grandparents ,

my family are fab and supportive of us , they respct us,

in the past ive had terrable trouble from mil but since the children have come along things have got better and better.

i really am in a good place at the moment and i am shocked about the amount of negative threads there are about grandparents, its such ashame .

i loved my grandparents when i was growing up and i hope that my children will always have a strong bond with them as a result of my expierence.