Mothers in Law as childminders.

[workingmumnhs]

Hello Everyone.

I have been back at work since DD was 12 weeks old (She is now 3yo) Never had many problems with childminding as my MIL has always done it for me.
But recently she has started to annoy me. Since DD started part time nursery at primary school she isn't telling me information that I need to know. I miss out on enough not taking her to school and picking her up. Last week she fell in the playground, now she did tell me this when I got home from work but didn't mention that I had a form to sign that informed me of the bump. DP found the form a week later in a bag of washing (that MIL had kindly done for us as the machine was broken)He asked me why I hadn't signed it. Informed him it was the first time I had seen the form.
I phoned the school and told them to put any further notes in her homework bag and apologised for the delay in returning the form(which I had given MIL the money to buy)She forgot to ask for one. I eventually got the bag and find the form still in it and not given to school.
On another incident Dp and I having SERIOUS problems. MIL said "If you two splitI won't mind the baby"
I know I should arrange a proper childminder but I cannot afford to.

Any suggestions

[workingmumnhs]

does sound petty reading it back. Maybe the comment about not minding DD if DP and I split has got my back up and I'm just picking.

[ssd]

couldn't agree more with batters.

how does your MIL feel being the unpaid help?

think yourself lucky you've got away with it for soo long.

[melander]

.... ALthough with the emotional blackmail in the picture, I'm sure it may not feel like you "haven't been paying"....

[ssd]

it's still not the same as hard cash is it?