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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not just put your baby in daycare, and when your mom is in town, keep baby home to hang out with mom?  That way, your mom can spend time with baby when she is in town, but you aren't screwed looking for backup coverage if she is supposed to come when you don't have nanny coming, and then something comes up and she can't.[/quote]

I think this is a great solution.  You never know when your mother might get sick, or her flight might get cancelled, or after sometime she may find that the travel is too much.

When your mother is out of town DC just doesn't go to day care.

[b]The other option is to find a nanny who is OK with house work and errands.  One week she is full time with DC the next she cleans, cooks, does laundry, grocery shopping etc.[/b]  [/quote]
This. Just be completely up front about it in your job posting and interview. If your mom will be staying with you, there will be extra housework and you'll appreciate it. [b]I also strongly suspect that your mom will cut back to one week a month really quickly...because the whole idea is kind of nuts.[/b]

We don't have nearly as frequent grandparent visits, but we have enough that we discussed in detail what would happen when they were visiting. Kids' nanny gets along great with everyone, has often taken my mom grocery shopping, and at this point I don't even need to discuss things with her...she goes out of her way to prepare the guest room etc for visits and forces me to sit down and plan meals ahead etc :)[/quote]

Even that is optimistic in my opinion. As others have said, once the reality of packing/unpacking, airport security, traveling, being away from home, not to mention the difficulty of newborn/young baby care actually is, sets in, she'll be visiting once every other month. [/quote]

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