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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depending on the age of your kids and the specific concerns with MIL (is it physical issues or mental acuity concerns, for example?), a compromise could be to leave them with MIL and babysitting/daycare to assist. For example, MIL drops them off at regular daycare & picks them up at the usual time. MIL sleeps over at your home.  Mother’s helper/sitter comes over to assist at bedtime if needed. Or if the weekend- sitter/sitters for most of the kids’ waking hours to take care of any “hard work” while MIL oversees and just enjoys the kids. But again - really depends on the age of your kids, and what the concerns are with MIL. 
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This is what I was going to suggest and Ive seen other families do this. Basically the babysitter does the heavy lifting and the grandparent is just there overnight. I have even seen parents go away during the week because its less work for the grandparents because the kids are in school most of the day. [/quote]

We know a set of very elderly grandparents (with some health issues) who have raised their grandson since he was a toddler. They have basically done exactly this, for day to day life. Daycare every weekday and 8hrs/day of sitter/nanny help on the weekends. Aftercare daily once in elementary school. Sleepaway camp in the summers once old enough. And gradually dialed back the weekend sitter hours as he got older. Kid is now a teen and is doing great. Good friend of my DS. [/quote]

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