This is kind of a S/O from the FFFC discussion of MIL's but I am curious for those of you who have parents who do not work or IL's who do not work, are you having them do your childcare? Why or why not?
My MIL will be watching the baby 2 days a week. I completely trust her. That is the amount of time she wanted to watch him, so I'm going with it. They have an active retired life, so she didn't want to do full time, and when she is gone on trips and st
Parents - My mom would gladly watch LO, but she just can't keep up like she use to. My mom had sarcoma in her thigh a couple years ago and as a result lost most of her thigh muscle in the left leg. She is pret
My mom doesn't work and will be watching the twins when they arrive. She has always said that when any of us had kids she would watch them. She did daycare for 10+ years when I was younger and is so excited to get to spend this time with them.
My grandmother, who I might add is quite young (65), will be my primary caregiver while I am at work. I only work part time now so this will be great. DH's mother would gladly help but she smokes like a chimney in her house and I am too scared
My mom will be watching baby. She previously ran a daycare and loves kids. She specifically told us she would hate to have her grandbaby with a stranger. My parents have their own business which is slower in the fall/winter/spring, and really busy in the
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If we lived up North my parents would definitely be doing childcare for us if we needed it. I grew up being watched by my grandma and didn't lack any social development (that I know of) from not being surrounded by other children. I suppose it would defin
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If my dad and Step mom were not working, then I would gladly trust them to watch our DD. But they work overnights, and cannot. They are our emergency back up, and are wonderful about helping me if the kids or I get sick. My mom is great
My parents watched DD PT and as backups for her first 18m. We had a nanny that was also a student so when she had class my parents stepped it. For DS my mom will watch him FT for the first 5 months. She offered this to us on her own and we decided to t
My mom lives with us and will be keeping LO 3 days a week. MIL is around the corner and she will be keeping him 2 days a week. They are both great and going to spoil him rotten, so I have no problem w/this arrangement until we're ready to send LO to dayca
Both of my parents are retired. My mom just recently did so. My dad started working a part time job, just because he can't stand being at home all the time. He had been taking DD a few days a month before my mom retired. When my mom retired she told us
My parents and ILs live out of state, but my mom (who is a retired L&D nurse) is going to come visit for 4 weeks once I go back to work (at home) to watch the kid. She is a baby magnet and will love this. Plus, she'll be heading home (6 hours away)
It will be temporary until I find a daycare in the area I really like and then it will be on emergency only basis. It would be SFIL who would be doing the child care on an as needed basis.
FIL has been retired for about a year but I don't trust him with DS alone. My mom is in the process of retiring but she and my dad live 500 miles away. MIL is retiring at the end of next year. If she really wanted to watch the kids one d
MIL isn't really physically able, IMO. She fell down the stairs in November and all I could think was what if she was holding the baby when she had done so. She's stockpiling stuff at her house like we're going to leave the baby there all the time, but
If I lived near my family, my dad, who is retired, would have LO every day and I'd go back to work. Honestly, I don't think they would allow me to put her in day care if we lived close enough LOL. And I think my MIL has considered quitting her job and mov
Both my mom and my mil are retired. My mom watches DD one day a week, mil watches her one day a week and she goes to daycare 3 days a week. Daycare is ran by my sister's mil whom dd calls Grandma. Mil is a retired kindergarten teacher. I love our setu
I would love if my mom could watch my son but she lives too far away. My inlaws live close but would not be able to handle looking after him full time.
My parents always said that they would not. They always said they'd be happy to be back up, but wouldn't be doing it regularly. Then Norah arrived! They did a couple of days to help me out and asked if they could have her one day a week because they enjoy
Re: Grandparents doing daycare, why or why not?
My MIL will be watching the baby 2 days a week. I completely trust her. That is the amount of time she wanted to watch him, so I'm going with it. They have an active retired life, so she didn't want to do full time, and when she is gone on trips and st
ILs - live too far away.
Parents - My mom would gladly watch LO, but she just can't keep up like she use to. My mom had sarcoma in her thigh a couple years ago and as a result lost most of her thigh muscle in the left leg. She is pret
Our parents don't live in the same province/country as us, so this isn't an actual issue for us, but if they did:
My parents would refuse. They aren't interested in providing care for our child. They are loving parents, and are excite
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My parents watched DD PT and as backups for her first 18m. We had a nanny that was also a student so when she had class my parents stepped it. For DS my mom will watch him FT for the first 5 months. She offered this to us on her own and we decided to t
Both of my parents are retired. My mom just recently did so. My dad started working a part time job, just because he can't stand being at home all the time. He had been taking DD a few days a month before my mom retired. When my mom retired she told us
MH's parents are divorced. I would trust his dad 100% with our kid but his dad isn't comfortable with a baby. His mom -- no way.
My parents are local and my mom is retired. She did not offer, but would have probably been thrille
My parents and ILs live out of state, but my mom (who is a retired L&D nurse) is going to come visit for 4 weeks once I go back to work (at home) to watch the kid. She is a baby magnet and will love this. Plus, she'll be heading home (6 hours away)
It will be temporary until I find a daycare in the area I really like and then it will be on emergency only basis. It would be SFIL who would be doing the child care on an as needed basis.
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MIL isn't really physically able, IMO. She fell down the stairs in November and all I could think was what if she was holding the baby when she had done so. She's stockpiling stuff at her house like we're going to leave the baby there all the time, but
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