Okay so my due date and most likely induction is coming in two weeks. My mother in law was supposed to watch my 9 and almost 2yr. We did two practice stay the nights and first one went great but second time she would not go down for the night. Now she was tired and cranky and maybe they didnt try the hardest to get her down but eitherway we picked her back up that night. From that day they figured it would be better to have her at my home to put her down for bed, which sounded great to me but she and her husband did not plan to stay the night at my house. They would get her down and then expect my husband to leave the hospital and sleep at home and then in morning bring both girls back to her so he could return back to me and newborn. They don’t see the necessity for him to be there once i have baby and its night time. I plan to suggest that they still keep her at their house but when bed time comes that we will have her crib mattress there to keep things familiar and my husband would make sure she went down for the night and then leave to return back to hospital. So he would not be gone the whole night, possibly only two- 3 hrs at most. I mainly want him there for support and yeah he would be sleeping but just being there helps, and i cant imagine my emotions and hormones if during the night waking up to feed baby and he is not there. What would be your reasons to have your husband stay?? I just kinda want i guess more valid reasons to bring to my MIL so she will favor my idea. Just saying its more for emotional support i dont think will persuade her . though i would think this would be easier on them seeing as they would be able to stay home and not have to drive to and from my house. What do you think??

Update: okay so all is well, i talked to her and we are going to take my youngest bed over there and my husband will leave and get her down for them at night and then come back to hospital for me and baby. I thought I would have to try to convince her but didn’t see how it could be a problem since original plan was them getting to her sleep. So anyways all is good and I don’t have to have anxiety about it or worry.