Yeah, i do agree too. Actually both hav its pros n cons. If you want to send to babysitter, make sure you find a good one (even if not the best). At least someone u trust and will not ABUSE your baby. It is a pity that we often see in papers babies being abused.. :'( However good thing for sending to babysitter is, you and your wife will have time on your own to do more things. I believe if it is your MIL who is taking care of your baby, you and your wife will be responsible to take care at night? And in the event you both need a break, you can always ask help from the babysitter. Good babysitter will also give you lots of advices on how to take care of babies and there will be lots of things can be shared. Now comes the bad part.. it is hard to "open ur mouth" in the event you are not OK with their ways of doing / take care of your baby. The feeding part may become a concern when your baby is older in future. What if they feed him sweet, fried stuff that we parents never want them to try at such tender age??

If you MIL can take care, it is good but to pay RM3k honestly is really costly for me. Good part is, of course she will be able to take care of your baby the way you wan it to be and you can comment easier too since it is your mom. But mind you, grandparents tend to pamper the kids. This happens in many cases. So concern is that your baby will be spoit (but of course this is not CONFIRMED will happen. is just in case only). And ur time will be more restricted. Your life will be revolving ur baby all the time cos you can't expect ur MIL to take care from day til nite right? Cos she will be tired too.

Having said all that, its still up to u to judge. I personally go for babysitter (my son is now 1 year). i feel it is best for my husband n i as he needs to work late most of the time, while i need time on my own to handle the house, grocery, cleaning, cooking, and not to say rest after a hard day at work. Most importantly, ur r happy with ur decision and don't make urself stressed up. Taking care of a child is a long process. Not a day or two. You have to consider it in long term.