Did you get this help ?

I did not have that kind of help, we lived on one wage so I was at home as husband worked shifts. When children went to school I worked part-time. My father died when I was in my teens. My mother occasionally watched our two to let us go out for an evening, she lived about 12 miles away and did not have great health so there is no way I would have asked her to do anymore, she just wasn't able. My husbands mother had even worse health and was a wheelchair user, my father-in-law was her main carer. There is no way they could have looked after my children. However, my in-laws were brilliant grandparents and my children remember them with great affection. They did babysit to let us out on the odd occasion,or took the children out. Sadly, only my eldest remembers my own mum, but again with great affection. I really envy young parents today who seem to have all this constant babysitting. I count myself lucky that husband and I got out the odd evening. Overnights and weekends away were not available to us. We wouldnt have had the money and I wouldn't have felt it fair to my mum and in-laws to expect this from them. I help out with my grandchild as much as possible. I don't want my children to struggle as I did and I love having my grandchild to stay. This time all goes so quickly.