I've been a stay at home mom for 13 months. I haven't been to a movie, on a date with my husband, or even out with friends for probably 14 or 15 months. I'm about to start looking for a job, so we went ahead and enrolled my son in the on-site daycare at my husbands job. Right now, he's an occasional drop-in for when I have interviews or whatever and then when I start work he'll switch to full time. My MIL is opinionated about it. Right after we enrolled him, I dropped him off twice, for a little break for myself (Read: fold the laundry without a toddler dumping the baskets on the floor), and just to get him accustomed to the environment since he's never been away from me, ever. And I wanted him to socialize a little with other children. My MIL thinks I'm the worlds worst mom for not watching my own kid those 2 days. I don't think it's any of her business but then some of my friends said the same thing. I don't understand what's wrong with testing out the daycare beforehand, especially doing it when I'm available to take my time leaving him and can return whenever I'm needed, instead of making his first day into a "mommy has other places to be so deal with it" experience. It wasn't all about me. And it's not like I went to the spa for the day. Even if I did, maybe I could use some relaxation. Anyway, I'm just frustrated that people think they can criticize what I do with the child that I grew and birthed. And if she had such a problem with someone else watching him, she could've had the decency to offer to sit with him herself every once in a while. 😐