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[quote=Anonymous]Hi there,

My parents watch my DD 2-3 days a week. She's in an in-home daycare the other days. (In case that's an option for you, I think the balance has been good because she gets the 1:1 attention as well as the peer interaction over the course of a week.)

I haven't found that I've lost any control over the baby with my parents being her caregivers. I also have a good relationship with both of them and they've both been very respectful about my preferences. I'm pretty laid back, so don't have a ton of rules, but made sure that I clearly communicated the ones I felt strongly about from the beginning and as she develops, I continue to tell my parents what is important to me (mostly regarding food and screen time). Other than that, I trust them to make their own decisions about how she spends her time with them.

DD is approaching 18 months and as we get deeper into setting limits, I imagine that we'll need to talk about expectations for behavior and consequences, etc., but it hasn't come up much, yet.

I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any specific questions and I'll do my best to answer them.

FWIW, my in-laws are also out of town and we haven't found that the imbalanced time with baby has been an issue but my MIL is very independent :)[/quote]

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