Whose parents won't be babysitting?

Nige!!a · March 2009

My parents can't as they are in another state but I know they would love to when they get the chance. DH's parents on the other hand live relatively close by but I doubt they will be doing much babysitting. DH's parents are great to hang out with but they are just not that into kids.

HisKathy · March 2009

My parents live in Indiana and DH's parents live in Michigan...way too far away for that!

dmsmth · March 2009

My parents live in another state as well and I also know if they lived around us they would love to babysit. DH's parents live nearby as well, and I have the same feeling youhave about them not babysitting that much. It sucks. Why is it the grandparents who would love to babysit and be with the baby all the time don't live here and the ones that have their own lives and I can't see them babysitting that much or visitng the baby as much as my parents would are the ones that live in state.

Shoot, DH's dad and step-mom I think have only been to our house 1-2 times since we moved in 1.5 years ago. And both sets of his parents travel alot too. They are both just not like how my grandparents were and I loved hanging out at my grandparents house. My parents would be much more like what my grandparents were like.

Martinez623 · March 2009

My parents live too far away and so do my in-law's. I'm sad they won't be there throughout all of it, but it may be for the better. Visits will be so exciting

cantytam · March 2009

My dad and stepmom live about 15 minutes away but they will not babysit until the baby is at least 1. My dad has a weird phobia about taking care of such a small baby, he would rather wait til the baby is a little bigger. DH's mom on the other hand can not wait. With our first pregnancy (that ended in m/c) she told us she would retire in time so she can watch the baby while we work, she doesn't like daycare. Hopefully we will still be able to take her up on that.

jeffrae · March 2009

We have Alaska and Pennsylvania parents....so they will only watch if they come to visit.

blueantz · March 2009

We're in MO, my parents are in CA, and DH's parents are several hours away in IL, so we only get babysitting time when we're visiting them or they're visiting us.

MrsPatterson · March 2009

We are fortunate enough to have both sets of grandparents live within 10 minutes of us. My parents and DH's mom are all very. very excited to babysit. However, DH and I told his mom that she has to quit smoking if she wants to babysit our kid. FIL still smokes and is a stubborn ass so I doubt he'll give up smoking, which makes me uncomfortable because I'm not sure how I feel about him holding the baby after he's just smoked. There will be NO holding of the baby while smoking (obviously).

AnimalHouse · March 2009

My parents live about 10 minutes away and my dad is rearranging his schedule at work to babysit one morning a week and they will both be helping out on the two weekends a month I work. DH is in school also so we'll be juggling schedules a lot! DH's parents live 4 hours away but his mom is retiring next week (just in time for baby) and will be visiting often I think. I'm excited that they are all so happy about this baby.

jnealet · March 2009

My parents live about an hour away, so it's not all that convient for them to babysit. If we drive the baby up there, they will be willing to babysit every so often.

DH's parents live in Oz, so there is not way for them to babysit. DH's mom would love to babysit, which really stinks.

Mein Herzgrund · March 2009

Since my dad lives in CA and both my mom and DH parents live in AZ there is no way they'll be babysitting. LOL.

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