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[quote=Anonymous]I am a SAHM with a part time mother's helper/evening sitter, and I think you should do it, but make sure she leaves the house when the sitter is there, even if she "likes to be at home." It is very difficult for a toddler to adjust to a sitter if the mom stays in the house, even if she is somewhere else in the house doing chores or making dinner etc.  Your wife will not be able to relax because the toddler will cry for her.  Tell her you agree but she needs to leave and teach the toddler to tolerate her absence.  It will make your child's adjustment to preschool and her return to the workforce much easier if he practices now.  Also encourage her to use the sitter's time to have an occasional visit with a therapist.  It sounds like she is truly struggling to adjust to the loss of her mom, and it might be hitting her more now than it did at the time of the loss, since the birth came afterwards.  Now is the time when she would love to pick up the phone and ask her mom "what do I do when he cries all the time" or "he won't eat any vegetables" and the countless other times a new mom relies on her mother for guidance.  [/quote]

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