3 year old granddaughters behavior

[Angiibic]

My 3 year old granddaughter who will turn 4 this month is testing my patience. I babysit her Monday, Wednesday  and every other Friday while my daughter works.  I am losing my patience with her due to the behavior she displays. It is very annoying to hear her repeatedly say I love you grandma. Every 5 minutes all day long ! She makes me look bad in front of my daughter if discipline is used during the day.  I have 4 grown children and 8 grandchildren. Never have I experienced such behavior with my kids or grandchildren. Only her. I'm really thinking about telling my daughter to get a different babysitter ! Please help.

[Stacey_80]

My child constantly tells me I love you mommy every waking hour that we are together. Practically 24/7, except the 2 hrs that she stays in school. It doesn't bother me, neither do I feel that she was seeking attention. In fact I am happy whenever she tells me that.
I am sorry but I don't quite get the point.

[jleeflcntrygrl]

I agree with mark. And I have children when they constantly repeat a phrase(even I luvu) its annoying!!! They usually do it for attention!

[Chima7]

Would you rather she kept saying that she hates you grandma over and over again? What's the problem exactly? Your post is very unclear because most normal grandma's would be very happy to know that are loved by their grandkids and furthermore they would jump at the chance to babysit for their grandkids. Your words seem to imply that she is a huge burden to you and like you'd rather not deal with her at all. I'm sorry for that little girl to have to grow up with such a cold and unloving environment.

[Sandman2]

   I don't completely understand.  Is the misbehavior that you are talking about when she says, " I love you grandma;"?   Or is there a lot more going on?

[MarkLakewood3367]

Personally, I don't feel that grandparents should be responsible disciplining their grandchildren.  This is the responsibility of the parents.  If the child's behavior doesn't improve with parental intervention or if the parents are unwilling to intervene, I would definitely consider a non-relative baby-sitter.  I would suspect that if the child misbehaves for you, she misbehaves for the parents as well, which stresses the importance for the child to first develop respect for the parents.  If the child doesn't have respect for parental authority,she will not have respect for any adult authority.