| with. I'm not so fortunate. My parents were too old to care for my daughter for very long, even if they lived close (which they didn't). My in-laws weren't set up for it (their idea of childcare is parking the kid in front of the TV all day), and all her cousins are at least 10 years older than she is. My brother lived in California, and is childless. He likes my daughter (one of the only children he can stand, actually), but being 2000 miles away and having him and his wife employed full time leave him off the childcare list. I had to put my child in daycare when I went back to work, and I missed a lot of her early childhood that way, but now that she's in school, I can be home in the afternoons with her and her dad can continue to be out working till sundown. |
