Mother-in law babysitting children

[BadGirl]

You get your house back when she leaves, right? And when she's gone you get to enjoy a clean house, laundry done, and you know that your children are taken care of.

So she annoys you. Seems like a small price to pay for the rewards you get.

 

[sockgirl77]

When she comes over tomorrow give her a to do list. Tell her as long as she keeps moving things around to where you see dust prints, she might as well dust while shes there. Then buy her a new mop and a bottle of windex. Maybe she will get the hint or at least youll have a clean house.

Giving her MIL a to do list when she is already doing so much for free is not only rude as hell, but flat out ridiculous.

 

[mizteresa1965]

I know where you are coming from my mother in law used to drive me but if she were to offer to watch my kids for free i'd be on it like white on rice. right now i am paying 1240.00 in day care a month.

$1240 a MONTH!!!!

I haven't had to use a daycare in 8 years or so.

 

[jetmonkey]

Someone else started a thread just like this one. Sounds like a common problem.

 

[Qurious]

Okay my husband and I have been fighting ever since his mother has been babysitting our kids while we are at work. My problem is that she baby sits them at our house. I don't like the fact that every single day she is over there. On top of it she does things that drives me crazy like moving things around to where she wants them, washing my clothes, the list goes on and on. He says I'm acting like a "little girl". I asked him to ask her to just babysit the kids. He won't do it. He says there is nothing wrong with what she is doing. It's driving me crazy. We can't afford to put them in daycare right now. Am I wrong and am I acting like a little girl or should he respect me and ask her to stop?

Your acting like a spoiled brat

Cut it out FREE CHILD CARE alone should put you in your place.

Your whining about stuff that mother in laws just do because they are trying to help make your job as a mom easier. Who in their right mind complains about their MIL doing their laundry?? LOL

u need a reality check. Your husband is right, there is nothing wrong with what she is doing. Unless you can afford child care, I would pipe down and let the MIL do her thang. As long as she is doing a great job with the kids thats all you need to be worried about.

 

[sockgirl77]

$1240 a MONTH!!!!

I haven't had to use a daycare in 8 years or so.

Childcare in MD is crazy. I was paying $1280 and that is only because my baby was going to inhome care. If Starmaker had an infant spot opening I would have been paying $1600 for the both of them.

 

[lovinmaryland]

Childcare in MD is crazy. I was paying $1280 and that is only because my baby was going to inhome care. If Starmaker had an infant spot opening I would have been paying $1600 for the both of them.

childcare in general is crazy. But it is (and will be for the next 10 years) a part of my life.

My daycare provider has 2 infants (175 a week) 4 kids ages 2 - 4 (125 a week) and i think 6 older children (100 a week) that is 1450 a week... looks like i got into the wrong line of buisness huh

 

[baileydog]

Giving her MIL a to do list when she is already doing so much for free is not only rude as hell, but flat out ridiculous.

It was a joke. At least she has a MIL that helps. Although if she can get her to do windows, all the better, dont ya think.

 

[Geek]

You do have a solution. Find daycare (but you'll have to pay for it like most folks with chilren). Problem solved.

Or stay home with your kids and do your own damn laundry. How can you possibly have two incomes, free daycare and still manage to complain? You suck.

 

[mizteresa1965]

childcare in general is crazy. But it is (and will be for the next 10 years) a part of my life.

My daycare provider has 2 infants (175 a week) 4 kids ages 2 - 4 (125 a week) and i think 6 older children (100 a week) that is 1450 a week... looks like i got into the wrong line of buisness huh

Yeah really! If only I liked kids! Sometimes I don't like my own!!

J/K ! !

 

[Oz]

Someone else started a thread just like this one. Sounds like a common problem.

No, it was the same ungrateful knucklehead posting twice.

 

[sockgirl77]

If both you and your husband are working and you still cannot afford daycare then maybe you should be a stay at home mom. Seems like your job isn't worth it. :shrug:

 

[Tinkerbell]

Your acting like a spoiled brat

Cut it out FREE CHILD CARE alone should put you in your place.

Your whining about stuff that mother in laws just do because they are trying to help make your job as a mom easier. Who in their right mind complains about their MIL doing their laundry?? LOL

u need a reality check. Your husband is right, there is nothing wrong with what she is doing. Unless you can afford child care, I would pipe down and let the MIL do her thang. As long as she is doing a great job with the kids thats all you need to be worried about.

I'm going to agree with Qurious on this...

I certainly would LOVE someone to do my laundry for me during the day. And FREE childcare - at my home to boot - I would LOVE that. Plus, it's your MIL, so you KNOW the kids are being well taken care of and loved - cause it's Grandma! I know her moving things around can be annoying, but just move them back, or rearrange them a completely different way - it could be like a game!

 

[sockgirl77]

I'm going to agree with Qurious on this...

I certainly would LOVE someone to do my laundry for me during the day. And FREE childcare - at my home to boot - I would LOVE that. Plus, it's your MIL, so you KNOW the kids are being well taken care of and loved - cause it's Grandma! I know her moving things around can be annoying, but just move them back, or rearrange them a completely different way - it could be like a game!

My mom has pigs salt and pepper shakers. We rearrange them to hump.

 

[lovinmaryland]

If both you and your husband are working and you still cannot afford daycare then maybe you should be a stay at home mom. Seems like your job isn't worth it. :shrug:

i would love to be a stay at home mommy.

you and your husband should sit down and go over the pros and cons of you working. you never know it may be more benficial to stay home with them. good luck and try to remember that you mother in law is just trying to help

 

[sockgirl77]

i would love to be a stay at home mommy.

you and your husband should sit down and go over the pros and cons of you working. you never know it may be more benficial to stay home with them. good luck and try to remember that you mother in law is just trying to help

Not me. I have tried twice. I love my kids but I prefer to be a working mom.

 

[milkshake]

Childcare in MD is crazy. I was paying $1280 and that is only because my baby was going to inhome care. If Starmaker had an infant spot opening I would have been paying $1600 for the both of them.

How much of that was being paid by the childcare program?And how much were your co-pays?

 

[sockgirl77]

How much of that was being paid by the childcare program?And how much were your co-pays?

I paid 100%.

 

[cattitude]

How much of that was being paid by the childcare program?And how much were your co-pays?

Why don't you ask with your real id?

 

[missperky]

Where do we sign up?