So in a few weeks we'll have our first child, a baby girl. I'll be working part-time, about 3 days a week, for the first 6 months in 2010. In order to avoid daycare for those 3 days, the mother-in-law offered to watch the baby one of those days, and my parents the other two days.
Is it normal to be paranoid for the first child? My parents live 30 minutes from us, and I told them we would like them to watch the baby here at our house. It would be about 6 to 7 hours each day for those two days, but only for a few months. We're just not comfortable with the baby being in the car for that long, not to mention that they have two smaller dogs that aren't well-trained, they like to jump around all over the place and get all crazy.
Our doctor and pediatrician are only a few minutes from our house. The mother-in-law thinks it's perfectly normal to be paranoid at first, and she's fine with spending the day at our house. But after I told my parents that we want them to stay here, they said they won't watch her. They'll only watch her if they can take her back to their house.
So, are we being paranoid? Or out-of-line? Asking too much? We just don't really like the idea of the baby leaving the house that much for the first few months, not at least until she gets older and we get more comfortable as parents.
Help!!
Is it normal to be paranoid for the first child? My parents live 30 minutes from us, and I told them we would like them to watch the baby here at our house. It would be about 6 to 7 hours each day for those two days, but only for a few months. We're just not comfortable with the baby being in the car for that long, not to mention that they have two smaller dogs that aren't well-trained, they like to jump around all over the place and get all crazy.
Our doctor and pediatrician are only a few minutes from our house. The mother-in-law thinks it's perfectly normal to be paranoid at first, and she's fine with spending the day at our house. But after I told my parents that we want them to stay here, they said they won't watch her. They'll only watch her if they can take her back to their house.
So, are we being paranoid? Or out-of-line? Asking too much? We just don't really like the idea of the baby leaving the house that much for the first few months, not at least until she gets older and we get more comfortable as parents.
Help!!
