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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]

No, there is no real advantage to the situation. Anything out of the ordinary is disruptive to the usual schedule and the more adults in the house at once means the kids will be more confused about who is actually in charge at that time, or try to play off each of them (asking grandma for a snack like cookies when nanny already said no, they need to eat some fruit instead, etc). That is the biggest reason why nannies don't like to have positions with parents who work from home. You have to have the kids trained to always go to nanny, basically act like mom is not there. If you invite grandma over during this time and have her there to play with the kids too, then nanny should not even bother to be there. Grandparents are known to be rule breakers normally, letting kids do things normally not allowed, sneaking candy or cash to kids and so on. To do this with the parents around is one thing, but you shouldn't put this on the nanny and make her have to deal with it. Save the visits with grandparents for the evening and weekends, or have grandma meet MB out for lunch elsewhere (take the kids if you want to, and let nanny take a short break). [/quote]

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