Am i being unreasonable?

lilpeapod913

My bf parents will be the day care for our son when I go back to work and I mentioned that I want him watches at our home and apparently she is having an issue w it. I work in sales so my job is flexible and most often not full time. I just feel more comfortable w him in his home w his things..it'll make my life easier too. And she thinks that she can just use all the bottles and stuff she has from her first grandchild..you can't switch their nipples on them or he will never latch on to me again! Its months away, but it works me up! Looking for honest opinions..if I'm being crazy then let me know. And we live 2 miles from them.

wallieheadbaby3

Ok hun.. I will give u my honest opinion. But first...Are u paying her? And no the the bottle thing is not an unreasonable request... you need to use the ones for your baby that u are comfortable with and that will help him latch with u. There are some things you can't compromise.

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jbandno3

My mother in law watched my oldest for a few weeks until she could start daycare. I just made sure that I bought the bottles that I wanted used and gave her like 3 of them to keep at her house. I would try to tell her that you want your child watched in your home and thats the end of discussion, but if she is your only option for daycare I wouldn't push my luck and have her decide to back out on you. I just know it helped to just purchase items for my MILs house that I wanted used for my child so she had no reason not to use what I wanted.

LillieBug

I sent bottles with my daughter. Staying at home at first is a good idea but once they get bigger getting them outta the house can be really good. My daughter started spending saturday night at my mom and mils just alternated weekends. We started that when she was 6mo. She's 15mo now and u can totally tell when she needs to get outta the house for a day. She will start getting into everything and climbing like crazy. Send her to her grandmas for a day and she comes back much calmer. And its not like we don't go out and do stuff. We live less than a mile from a park and we have season passes to the zoo so she gets out but there is just something about staying at grandmas that works

Babygirl716

Unless your paying her, i'd say be grateful that you have a loving family member willing to help. Altho on the bottle issue, that is not an unreasonable request. She needs to use whatever bottles you provide.

lilpeapod913

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Thanks for your input! I appreciate all your responses.