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[quote=Anonymous]My mom lives with us but works FT so I'm sure she needs a break from the kids too at times (they often try to hang out in her room).  Before my in-laws moved out of state and we had only had 1 kid, they would always be willing to babysit on the weekends.

Unfortunately my mom is retiring and moving to a different state next year.  We have never not had help and we now have three kids. Because she is able to telework, she has come through many times for sick days when we couldn't get off, she will pick the kids up if I ask and my husband and I are always able to do late night errands just to get out the house. She also will try to have dinner ready when we get home and does a lot of the cleaning.

However, having another adult in the house has caused a strain on our marriage on top of the kids so this transition will be quite interesting.  My husand will definitely have to step it up with household tasks.  It will be nice to have our own space and I wish she would just move nearby.  We do have extended family nearby who we get together with occasionally but they have never watched my kids.
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