Maggie Gyllenhaal to attend Golden Globes while mom babysits

New mom Maggie Gyllenhaal is able to attend the Golden Globes this year thanks to her mom. Maggie’s mom, Hollywood screenwriter Naomi Foner, has generously offered to babysit Maggie’s new baby with fiance, Peter Sarsgaard, daughter Ramona. Maggie said that she is "excited to pick a dress, to get dressed up, get my hair done and go." Maggie is nominated for best acress in a drama for Sherrybaby. We have yet to lay eyes on official photos of baby Ramona,  3 months, although paparazzi shots surfaced in November.

Source: PEOPLE

Are you able to call on your parents to babysit for your children? If not, do you use a sitter?

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Terralynn on January 13th, 2007

No I have no one to call on for babysitting as my parents live on the other end of the country in Newfoundland, Canada
I live in the opposite end in Alberta
My kids have only seen their grandparents 2 times since birth because of the long distance
I have never had outside babysitting, other than my husband and I swapping the task to give each other a break
I am way to nervous to have some stranger taking care of my small babies before they can talk to tell me if there is anything wrong
Recently I have been lucky to have my sister move here
She babysits once a month or so if we are lucky so that gives my husband and myself some help with our boys 2 and 4 so we can get out to a movie or dinner

Terralynn

PerMani on January 14th, 2007

I’m pretty sure that Maggie’s mom won’t be the only mom at home monday night babysitting….Someone should really make a list of recent parents and running the list who could be in attendance at the awards. It’s really weird? isn’t it?

Meaghan on January 14th, 2007

I was just watching SNL and Jake was hosting and when he was introducing the band for the second time he had a shirt that said Ramona on it, I though it was really cute!

Lorus on January 14th, 2007

Friends and I switch off on babysitting each others kids. Though it tends to be that I watch her 4 (or a couple of them at least) more often than they watch my 1!

I couldn’t leave my child with someone I didn’t know and trust.

Alyssa on January 14th, 2007

My mom and I babysit my nephew all the time. I don’t think she would ever use a sitter since my mom and I are always available…and FREE, so of course she chooses us. I always wish she would give me some cash or something, though, cuz my 3 year old nephew drives me crazy!!!!!!!

Shelly on January 14th, 2007

I love,love your website,but you guys are are not particular about the babys ages. Maggie’s daughter was born on October 2nd which makes her three months not four.I guess I just like accuracy.

Sarah F. on January 14th, 2007

My daughter is named Maggie… I think the Gyllenhaals are the cutest!

Sarah on January 14th, 2007

My inlaws live in the same town as us so they watch our 2 1/2 year old daughter sometimes for a few hours at night so we can go out. My parents live about 3 hours away so sometimes they come get her for the weekend. She loves spending the night with other people. She’s been doing it her whole life. My inlaws are now thinking about moving away so we’ll be stuck if they do. I don’t know anyone else close by that I can trust.

Marie on January 14th, 2007

I’m very blessed that my husband, my son and I all share the same house with my mom and two of my sisters. My other sister may be moving in with her fiance if they do not find a place they like. So we have a few babysitters to choose from. We love having our family all together like this and my mom gets to be with her grandson every day. He doesn’t go to bed without a kiss goodnight from his Grammie.

Carrie on January 14th, 2007

My boys are very lucky (and therefore, so are my husband and I) because my parents (who live 3 hours away in Austin) make it a point to see my boys at least 1 time per 6 weeks. My husband has a mom and stepdad, and then also a stepmom (widowed when his dad died) and both households are within 1 1/2 hours of us, so we see them regularly too. Between the three grandmas and a doting aunt, we could have a babysitter whenever we wanted. We try to make it out once a month, sometimes twice, just to make sure that we’re on track, but we hate leaving the boys since we both work full-time. But we are very blessed to have some built-in babysitters!

Kori on January 15th, 2007

My inlaws live on the same street as us and my own parents live a few miles away. My mom watches our son or picks him up from preschool 1-2 days a week and will take him to church for me every other Sunday when I am working and can’t go. My inlaws are good for date nights. I trust that he’s in good hands with them but try to keep it short because my mother-in-law smokes and even though I have her trained not to smoke around my son I still get nervous that she might do so anyway. Aside from preschool once a week, our son is only watched by family. I would like to find someone we can trust and pay to watch him though, sometimes family wants too much say in how we raise him.

Nicola on January 16th, 2007

Unfortunately we don’t have any family near enough to babysit. My parents are in California and we are in Illinois. Prior to our move here, we lived in England where my husband’s parents lived relarively close, but they are quite a bit older than my own parents and I didn’t feel that they were fully able to babysit for anything more than a quick run to the grocery store (they don’t drive, are in their late 70s, and in poor health — they aren’t even able to lift our son should he need to be picked up). We are lucky to have some close friends here with children of a similar age and do the occasional babysitting swap, but we have never “hired” a babysitter. Date nights are a thing of the past, though it is a small sacrifice to make for the joy of parenting such a fantastic little guy.