Woman Faces Scorching Criticism For Demanding Free Childcare From Stay-At-Home Mom

Caring for babies is undeniably demanding. It requires constant attention and effort, especially during developmental spikes when they seem to need almost constant care and feeding. For a new mom without prior experience, it can be even more overwhelming due to a lack of a baseline for comparison.

In today's story, OP found herself needing to return to work after her maternity leave, and she had hoped her stay-at-home mom would provide help in taking care of the baby. However, her mom declined, citing her age and having already raised her own children. After further discussion, OP's mother offered to take care of the baby for a price of $20 per hour, along with late fees for any delays in pickup and all necessary baby items. OP found herself unable to afford these costs, as she had initially expected her mother to care for the baby for free. Unfortunately, this arrangement wasn't going to work as planned. Scroll down to read the full story!

Here's the headline:

OP asked her mom to take care of her newborn child and got refused.

OP seemed to have been facing financial difficulties.

OP's mom would only agree to babysit the newborn if OP met her demands.

However, it might be hard for OP to do so. She wanted to know if she was TAH to ask her mom to watch her kid for free.

OP should have discussed this with her mom before pregnancy.

It's not her mom's fault for OP's debt.

OP thinks she is owned childcare.

OP can’t expect her mom to watch the baby just because she is “retired”.

That was pretty mean of OP to say so.

OP can't just expect to dump her baby on her mother to look after.

Your baby, your responsibility.

This Redditor wondered if OP had a history of taking advantage of her mother.

Sure OP can ask, but has to accept her no.

This isn't your mom's responsibility or her problem, OP!