[jcsaxx]

Some questions that I'm wondering are: how old are you? do you have an education? where is the father?

Also, I agree with several of these other comments. First, I'd look at your job and see if you can get a higher paying job. For instance, I was working in an office setting and got laid off, and then (months later) found a job that pays almost equal to what I was making but with about 15 hours less a week. Yes, 15 hours less weekly. This job pays between $15 and $17 hourly and isn't very hard. What job is it? School Bus Driver and I'm off when my kids are off. Women are very capable of doing this too. My office job only paid $10 an hour, which sounded like a lot at the time, but now it doesn't. Find a higher paying job, it CAN be done.

Your mother should WANT to spend time with the grandkids, but at the same time, she should be paid for her hours of service (but she shouldn't require this, you should only have to offer). Think of it this way, wouldn't you expect something for babysitting some else's kids??? I would, if it was 15 hours a week, every week. Or, at least I'd expect to have something offered to me.

Hope this helps. Best thing to do in my opinion, find a better job, better paying. You don't have to have a lot of education to make more money.