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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about having your MIL see the baby when you have your own child? Dont pawn your MIL off on the nanny just so you dont have to see her.[/quote]

Wow. Pawn my MIL so I don't have to see her? That's a big assumption. FYI I work from home a couple days out of the week and my MIL usually comes to visit during lunchtime. I would have thought it was an advantage to have a family relative come visit anytime and not have to wait until the weekend to see their grand kid. I didn't expect people to be so vicious on here.[/quote]

Sadly people can be very vicious here.

I think that it can be great to have family members visit the kids during the week, but it needs to work for all involved. It's one thing to take a deep breath and plaster a fake smile on a face for a couple of hours on occasion or so or disappear to another part of the house to take care of other tasks while the grandparent visits with the child(ren). It's another thing to feel uncomfortable in your work environment several times a week due to a clash of personalities or whatever the source of conflict is.

I'm the 15:07 poster. I'm happy to deal with difficult grandparents on occasion b/c I feel it's important for the kids to maintain a relationship with their relatives. But it's another thing to have to deal with it multiple times each week (or in my case when the difficulty extends to being very disrespectful and rude to me). I think in your case it's time to sit each one down and talk to them the way 14:10 suggested. Either that or it's time to cut your MIL's visits down to 1x/week...but even then the talks would likely still need to occur b/c this won't go away on its own. Just b/c the nanny is a great fit for your immediate family it doesn't mean she is a great fit for the extended family. [/quote]

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