FaceTime calls daily

I live in a different country to my parents, sibling & in laws and we probably FaceTime once a week.. sometimes more but that’s it 😂 honestly love them all but it’s painful trying to FaceTime with them with a 4 year old

My wife videos her parents every night. My mom & video once every few weeks. My older sister and I don't video and only speak every like 4mths or so. My little sister and I speak weekly but don't video like that. Maybe like once every few mths if that. My best friend & i video like 2x a week and text throughout the week.

I video call my mum most days, mostly because my toddler demands it whenever she sees my phone 🙃😂

@Emilie that makes sense, especially living in different countries. See our daughter is 1 so easier to contain but often she’s fighting to leave the call and doesn’t actually care

@C I guess some are just different. Does she call with the little one and did this occur before the child. My wife spoke with her parents but not this much and now it’s like everyday she’ll call and I’m like babe, dinner is ready or LO is minutes away from a meltdown and the timings aren’t great.

i facetime my mom every night during bath time

Maybe have a talk with her about timing. My wife did the video calls before bed and it would hype our little up so I had to let her know that at 8p the calls gotta end because it's wind down time for her. So now they do their call at like 7ish, after dinner. It works. They did not videocall everyday before little one was born.

@Monique the child asking is different. Most of the time LO is trying to go about her day or is pulled from something to go on the call.

@Stephany that’s fair enough!

I FaceTime my mom almost everyday, but If I don’t wanna talk I just don’t answer lol. I set a boundary with my mom tho that our calls are not just so she can talk to my son. My mom and I are pretty close so it’s just us chatting. Also, remember it’s not your responsibility to make sure your child has a relationship with certain people. If they want it, they need to call to and understand that if you don’t answer sometimes that’s okay because yall have your own life and deserve your family time as well

I really don’t FaceTime my mom. I prefer not to FaceTime anyone because I have an almost 3 year old and it’s difficult to just sit and chat on FaceTime because she’s got me doing things and she doesn’t want to stare at the screen and I’m not gunna ignore her for one. If she’s watching tv, ok, but she doesn’t watch tv all that much and usually the grandparent wants to interact with them so it’s a pretty waste if she’s just staring at the tv and she’s not the type to interact over FaceTime.

Only a few days a week to my mum, no one else. We see his side 2-3 times a week though

My mom lives in Florida now so we try to call every other day if not every day. Some weeks are busy and we don’t get a chance for days but it’s nice that my daughter can see her and recognises that we’re ’calling Nana’ and gets really excited :)

@Kovashya that’s fair. I’m hoping as she gets older and can speak, my wife will actually listen to what she wants whether that’s a call or not. As currently she will literally hold her almost against her will to have the calls and has only just started letting her go because I’ve said it’s not fair if she doesn’t want to stay there.

@Denise our daughter is very much the same, she isn’t that interested bar like a couple minutes but they are constantly trying to get her attention or interrupt whatever she wants to do for the sake of a daily call.

My mums down the road and I FaceTime multiple times a day🙈 partners mum isn’t to keen on it so we don’t FaceTime often

@C I have, but she just got mad and defence and didn’t see that I was coming from a place to make our evenings easier and smoother. we’ve already changed the time now LO goes to childminders as she is wiped out on those days and some days I’m like let’s not bother as it just adds to the disruption. Although MIL will call back and keep messaging my wife until she sees her awake but my wife doesn’t seem to want to put in a boundary that sometimes it’s not going to happen.

I FaceTime my dad and grandma every morning. They are in a different country, so it's our way to stay connected. We did it before my daughter was born too

@Bela I think that’s the thing, you did it before child so it was already a routine.

We call everyday at bedtime to say good night and chat before I go to bed.

Varies a lot and depending on where ppl are and when we last saw them. Can be few days in a row or not at all for a week or 2.

Every day or every other day with my parents. With my in-laws, never. Unless they ask. They never just call or text to ask how everyone is. They never just call or text me. It’s always their son. Which is fine. But they know I’m home with the kids they can call. My FiL is retired. So he could make an effort and chooses not to. So I choose not to make the effort to people who aren’t active in my kids’ lives.

I call my mum (we don’t FaceTime) every day pretty much.. however it’s usually to ask something or catch up in the evening when I have spare time. If it’s not convenient, we don’t call and just catch up the following day. I also see her most days 🤷‍♀️ I see both sides to this because if it wasn’t convenient to call, I’d call her back at a better time.. but equally, I do my best to answer when possible :))

I never FaceTime my family. We’re just not that close. The only time we ever call each other is generally when someone has died….everything else is WhatsApp or text My husbands dad face times every day and it honestly drives me mad and it’s caused a few arguments as he’s obsessive and if I e don’t answer straight away (even if he knows it’s bed time) he will keep ringing and ringing until we do answer. It’s sometimes so disruptive to our evenings. The 4yo becomes hyper, the twins have a meltdown because they get ignored when they need feeding, changing etc. Even on days when he’s been out with hubby or the kids he will still FaceTime in the evening. It’s just absolutely unnecessary to FaceTime that much!

Both grandmothers live 100+ miles away so we FaceTime once a day, my Mum at mid-afternoon and my MIL after bath time. It works for us as I’m still on mat leave and my parents are retired, but I’m sure it’ll be different when I’m back in work and when baby is less cooperative 😅

My kids dads mum & dad pretty much ft every other day and my mum I’ll FaceTime a few times a week but not every single day but my boy is 3 so he asks to talk to them and runs off with my phone chatting away while I get on with other things unless I need to chat or wanna say a quick hello xx

Ahhh that seems excessive why not go live with them at that point lol I like my time with my family and alone personally I’m okay texting and calling once every few days or other day

@Lucy as long as the option is there and it works for you!

@Heidi it is honestly crazy!

@Shannon see that makes more sense and is manageable. But now the expectation has been set, it’s what they think they are almost entitled to. Plus our daughter is 1, she would much rather play / do other stuff but she’s forced to sit and engage for longer than she really would like

I have a semi rocky relationship with my mom, but she does live 6+ hours away. I used to FaceTime her a couple times a week, but with my pregnancy hormones I've limited those calls to about twice a month. I think it all really depends on what sort of relationship you have with your child's grandparents. Imo there's nothing wrong with not FaceTiming all the time

@Ceri-Ann omg! Someone who gets it! Like they never spoke this much before but now, everyday! That’s mad he will keep ringing. Some people become so entitled and don’t realise how disruptive it can become!

@Cassie my wife very much had an awful relationship with her mum before our daughter was born and during my pregnancy. I’ve said a couple calls a week would work much better but it’s being ignored as everyone is always trying to please her mum and not disturb the peace

@Sophie exactly, if my son looks uninterested I turn the phone back to me and say he’s playing. He doesn’t know what it is nor does he care lol. That can be overstimulating

I only FaceTime my parents on special occasions if we’re not already together ie. birthdays etc

@Sophie the kids were having a full blown triple meltdown the other day and he still didn’t get why my husband didn’t want to talk to him! When He goes on holiday he still insist that he face times! We’re going to Disney in a few weeks and I swear to god if he disrupts our day I will loose it!

We call my sister everyday - sometimes more than once on the commute to school. Everyone else as and when

I call my grandfather daily mainly because me and my daughter are his world since my grandmother passed

Yes and it’s actually quite annoying listening to people to call her attention 100 times @Sophie

I call my mum almost everyday. We live in different countries so I try my best!

I never call my mum and she never calls me I actually get scared when she calls😂but we text and voice note 24/7 and I will drop most things I’m doing to respond to her. My partner does get annoyed and will say things like “she can wait a minute” but she’s my mum and I love talking to her so I respond straight away

My mom lives out of state so we FaceTime once/week. We’re both too busy and the time zone makes it too difficult to call any more frequently

I find every day a lot but depends on how long it is. (We live in different countries) I video call my mom every 1 or 2 weeks, honestly it’s really more for her than for me, bc she always end up talking and talking for ages about the same things she already told me several times. But it makes her happy so … so I only call or reply to her if I know I have the hour in front of me ! My husband calls much more, maybe 2 or 3 times a week but it’s more quick like 15min max max , and only depends of my baby : if it’s time to eat or to be calm or to shower etc he stops the call, he’s really careful of that ! Routine is so important for kids and we are going to sacrifice peace for an adding minute 🤣

My in laws facetime every night with my husband and kids. I think its too much especially since we see each other every single weekend. I used to say hi and talk to them but now i barely do it. We might be in the middle of something and they ask oh lets see the kids,we want to talk to them. I get it they miss them but then again we dont live that far from each other

My family lives 250 miles away, I message my mum daily and video call her couple times a week. My In-laws live 15 minutes away and my husband speaks to his mum and dad multiple times a day and will face time his mum almost daily. I have no issues with the way be communicates and he knows that if I was left to my own devices I'd probably hardly ever speak to anyone, even him 😂

About once a week if not a bit less! Every day would feel too much for me personally. We send lots of pictures and vids to keep them updated!

I call my mum daily, my dad couple of times a week. My husband calls his mum (not FaceTime and barely around our son) once a week of that

I speak to my mum daily but my toddler FaceTimes probably once or twice a week - to kill some time!😂

I’ve got both my parents using Snapchat 😅 My mom, who lives about 30 minutes away, we message every day (as we did before the baby as well) and I send her pictures and videos nearly everyday as well. She also comes over every tuesfay. My Father who lives in another state, we message more now than before I had the baby which is probably about twice a week with photos or videos, the first couple of months it was every day though. My Grandparents mostly just see pictures and videos of her on the family album app but the ones in this state have seen her in person about once per month (she is 4months) My grandma also will text occasionally. None of my family is much of a phone call person.

I video all my mom daily in the morning ( sometimes my sis joins as well) because I’m leaving in another country and tbh now it’s like a routine, my LO love to see her in the morning and because I’m alone all day, is nice to have a chat with an adult 😊