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[quote=Anonymous]I had a grandparent watch my first baby four days a week til 2. It worked well for us but I can see many areas where it can go sideways. They will likely be fine early on but everything changes when they get mobile. You should plan to evaluate if it’s still working as baby grows and their needs are different.

Will the grandparent be watching full time? Many people of grandparent age have some health issue or another and they will have medical appointments that will conflict with care - just something to plan for. Aside from that the other way I made it work was by taking random days off so that it wasn’t every day, every week for the grandparent. Also, if you have willing grandparent babysitters, you won’t want to burn them out - if they are care during the week, they need a break on the weekend - so we were very careful about other requests - eg only for weddings and big events.

I would also recommend discussing how they would approach things - my mom and my aunt have both done this for me and my cousin and they both took the attitude of it’s your kid and we will do what you say in terms of care. [/quote]

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