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Yep! My mom watches DS at our house when I'm at work and I drop him off at her house on my wfh days that are super busy. She also keeps him overnight for when we have weddings, etc. We compensate her (more than daycare $) as I think her doing this for us is extremely generous and selfless.
She's our hero<3
On the flip side, FIL is retired (but is too afraid to babysit alone) and MIL still works, ILs have babysat for a few hours a handful of times.
My dad works, but sees/plays with DS most afternoons after work.
@ValentineMommy: my mom retired so she could as well!
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My MIL comes to our house on mondays and takes care of Fi but she's made it clear that she will only do that for the first year. She has a very busy social life and and has issues with her knees and hips and doesnt think she can manage a toddler. She is also very fair and stopped watching my neice after a year to watch Fi and will probably help my SIL out with her new baby due in april when she goes back to work in Sept.
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Even though I know that both my parents and in laws would love to spend time with lo, I don't want to put them in such a tiring situation by having them take care of lo FT. It's not something we would even consider. I just want them to enjoy visits with ds and have fun.
My niece goes to my parents house 3 days a week, now that she's older it's much easier for my parents. When she was younger, it was really hard on them even though they love being around her. After seeing that I told myself I would never put them in the same situation.
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Yes - my mom watches DS for us while we work and will do the same for the new baby. DS will start daycare/preschool. We do pay my mom. She gave up her job to do this so I don't mind paying her. It's such a blessing. She comes to our house so I don't have to do much in the morning.
She also will watch DS so we can have date nights. She is enjoying him in a way she hasn't gotten to with her other grandchildren.
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Both sets of grand parents don't live close by. If my mother still lived close by, I think she would want to. She needs to work though, and we'd need to pay her a full wage and benefits because she is not close to retirement age.
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When I go back to work we will take LO to an in home daycare Mon-Wed and on Thursday DH's granny and two cousins will take turns watching him to give us a free day and to get to spend time with him. We are very thankful! It'll help cut down on child care costs. DH is off Fri-Sun and I'm off on Saturdays and Sundays.
DH says he's excited to be a stay at home dad one day out of the week. Lol
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MY in-laws live in a different state so they're unable to watch him regularly. My mom would if she could but she can't afford to live in our town and I really don't want her moving in with me. It's stressful enough when she comes for visit.
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My mom is retired and living overseas but she said once I have #2 she will come and help out. I hope she doesn't change her mind. LOL
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