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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom watched both of my brother's DCs for the first year.  She lived nearby, and I live hours away.  Never occurred to me to be resentful or to ask her to help me out in some other way. She came and visited every couple of months for a weekend and has a close relationship with my DCs. My MIL lives nearby - she did not watch my DCs other than on occasion - which is how I wanted it. MIL is close to my DCs as well- probably more so than if she had been their main sitter. I would take your mom up on it and not worry about your brother.  [/quote]

I really don’t think son/DIL would be expecting day to day childcare given the distance, anyway. My MIL watched SIL’s (her daughter) kids nearly full time when they were little- but they live in the same town. We live 2 hours away. Of course we wouldn’t expect daily babysitting or resent that MIL babysat her in-town grandkids.

Also, I like my MIL fine, but wouldn’t have wanted her providing day to day childcare TBH. While there may be benefits, sometimes it can bring difficulties in the relationship too. [/quote]

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