Grandparents watching 2 yo DD for a week: my house or theirs?
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Anonymous
| OP-- read the thread about the woman who left her 3 kids with her ILs for a week for some lessons learned. |
Anonymous
| PP here- Also at your house you can have some activities planned if they want to do them- play group, library story time, playground that you know she likes. You could also arrange for a sitter to come one evening during the "witching" hour or have a friend with kids take her to their house for an hour or two. |
Anonymous
| Take the kid to the Midwest. Your parents handled raising you right? I'm sure they can recall all those years and keep your kid alive for a week. |
Anonymous
| Your parents come to visit every other month. They know where things are and how to get to common places, I'm sure. Keep her at home. |
Anonymous
| Look up the exact cost of getting your kid to their house. See if they'll split it with you. Ask them to childproof. Establish contingency plans if the situation doesn't work out |
Anonymous
| You certainly don't have to put your child in their house if you are uncomfortable, but you can't require them to come to yours. They are doing you a huge favor. You putting terms on that favor for your convenience is beyond rude. Take it or leave it, OP |
Anonymous
| Their choice. They are the care givers. You are beholden to them. |
Anonymous
+1. However, in your case, the added expense would lead me to ask them to come to your place - id be very explicit about saying you can't afford a flight to the beach from their town bc it's XX more than if you go from DC. |
Anonymous
Why? They are doing op a favor. Is op splitting the costs of her parents flight here? |