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[quote=Anonymous]I think a grandmother is more likely to raise your child as you would and take a genuine interest in them because she loves them.   I think most moms learn their parenting style from the way they were raised.  With a grandmother you also have piece of mind that your child and home are under the care of someone you know you can trust.  Plus your kids will form a close relationship with their grandmother that will last forever.  I've had a nanny and grandma help with child care and frankly grandma was more engaged in their development and more loving than our nanny.  To our nanny. It was a job. To grandma it was a total joy to spend time with her grandchildren.  Grandma was also more open to doing thing the way I wanted than our nanny - who was set in her ways and had a bit of an arrogant and lazy attitude.   So my vote is for grandma for sure!! But as others have said it depends on if grandma wants to babysit & how much, is healthy, is reliable, has a good relationship with you, etc.  why not just have a talk with her before looking for nannies. Maybe you could have a part time nanny.  I disagree, that you have to have only one care taker for your child.  There is no reason why grandma and the nanny can not follow the same schedule.[/quote]

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