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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll answer from the other side of this. I was cared for a great deal by my grandmother when I was little, particularly as an infant. I went to an in home day care part of the time when I was older and stayed with grandma (and an aunt that lived with her) part of the time. I was always very close to them as a result (and in particular my grandma.) As an adult I cherish the time I was able to spend with my grandma and all of the really practical things I learned like how to bake bread, how to stew a chicken, how to make homemade chicken noodle soup and things like that. For me, it was invaluable. [/quote]

+1. I am also really grateful to my mom for giving me this opportunity. My mom is helping with my kids and it is a positive. Regarding giving control OP, don't expect that you will have full control if your baby will be in daycare or with a nanny. The daycare will have their own rules / routines that you would need to adjust to as well and same for nanny, the person will have their own opinions and experiences and ways of doing things, so unless you micromanage your nanny, you'll also expect that not everything will be 100% your way.[/quote]

+1 to both comments!  To me it's a no brainer.  I was cared for by my grandmother and my mother cares for my daughter.  I feel so blessed to have had both arrangements.  Seeing how happy my daughter (the first grandchild) makes my mother is such a wonderful thing.  Yes, I lose a little control in the sense that my mother spoils my daughter quite a bit but my daughter is learning that that does not fly with me and DH.  We had a nanny for about a year because my mother was still working when my daughter was younger and I didn't have 100% control over the nanny either and she was an amazing nanny.  So, yeah, unless you're at home, you're never going to have 100% control and, sometimes, that's a good thing, especially if this is your first rodeo and it's not the caretaker's.  I was humbled and learned a lot in that year that we had the nanny and I continue to learn from my mother.  [/quote]

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