Trust MIL take care of baby

Hi mummies, im currently 7 months pregnant and living with my in laws. Those that let their in laws take care of their baby, how do you make yourself trust them to take care of your baby, once your maternity leave ends ? I dont know why for some reason im very scared of letting my in law take care of my baby when im out for work when ML ends. For fear something will happen to the baby, or theres emergency touch wood, baby choking then she wont know what to do and i dont know how i should feel if she want to bring baby out without me. Like to supermarket etc. I thought of sending my baby to IFC once she turn 4 months cs like there they are more trained to handle babies cause they have daily experience? Than a mil that never take care of a baby before. but 1. Placement super hard to get 2. I scared i will burden my husband on financial wise. 3. I feel like a bad mom for sending my child to school at such a very young age. Those mummies that have in law taking care of their baby can give me some advice or share your experience so far. Im always overthinking for the baby’s safety. #FTM #advicepls

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To avoid any conflict I suggest not to let your MIL look after ur baby. As there may be some things you don’t agree with her but you can’t really voice out due to respect OR she may not take in your advice too well (cos she will think she’s the more experienced one). Better still, they like to tell you “ in the past I did this this that “. Like how we are not allowed to feed babies water but they will tell you that they fed baby water in the past and they are doing just fine now. They are just stuck in the past and doesn’t like changes or people telling them what to do. Suggest you let your own mom look after for the time being before considering IFC. I still trust my own mom afterall and my mom is open to changes and advices, most importantly willing to learn for her grandchild. 🤣 of cos not all MILs are the same but just speaking from experience.

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