who should take care of baby

I will be giving birth in another 5 months and my sister-in-law just found out she is pregnant too. Thus, my mother-in-law will be the one taking care of the babies. However, my MIL has stated her preference to stay with SIL instead of staying in my house. Which option is better in your opinion? 1. Get my relative, aunt who stays nearby to take care of my baby so baby can enjoy one-to-one attention. 2. Appoint a maid and share with SIL, to assist my MIL to take care of my baby and hers. My MIL has helped me to take care of my elder kid and so far I am comfortable with her.

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I will prefer relative who stay nearby and able to give one-to-one attention to my baby. Firstly, it will be easier for you to fetch your baby. Also, If your mother in law stays with your sister in law, you may have to worry that they will pay more attention to your SIL's child. Also I agree with Hui Qun that it will be tricky when it comes to sharing a maid. The maid will stay in your SIL's house, she will have the full control of the maid. If you are paying half of the maid's salary, it will be unfair if your SIL demands the maid to do more work such as cleaning the house than caring your baby.

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