I’m very lucky that I have family support. My baby is nearly 1, I have to go back to work and my partner is undergoing a major surgery in another city - and is staying with his family, so my family has stepped in with childcare. I work 3 days now, so I’ve put my baby in nursery as partner will be recovering for over a month.
My mum says that she doesn’t like the fact I’ve put the baby in nursery and that she will do the childcare. She has been super helpful! But when I work from home, and she is baby sitting - she will rush me, and only looks after the baby whilst I’m on calls without realising that I need the day to get the actual work done - which is one of the reasons I decided to put the baby in nursery.
I think she is being unreasonable. I get nursery isn’t ideal - and annoyingly baby caught a cold on the first week so it hasn’t helped my case. But at the same time relying on my mum means my production is low and I’m not getting much work done.
And yes, I could completely ignore her - but I’m staying there for a while whilst partner undergoes surgery and our flat has had other issues that makes staying with parents easier.
Who is unreasonable here - I almost feel bad for putting the baby in nursery so young but I’ve paid and his place is secured. But we really need the income as this year hasn’t been kind to us.