it is a pride in yoruba land that the husband mother is the owner of the3 family.so she should be the first to come and care fort the baby provided she is alive then the inlaw can follow. but dependind the agreement of the youg couple. tyhey are both helpfuf.

some of our wives may not even want the husband mother to come, because she may say the old woman is looking into there affairs at home, for that she might not want the husband mother to come, so it is an atrificial borden for her mother. she will be contended, that is women nature.

they are both useful in caring for the baby. it could be rotated between two of them fof two months interval

adesaka:

they are both useful in caring for the baby. it could be rotated between two of them fof two months interval

Isnt that kinda funny, one lil' child for 3 pple to be rotating on who will take care of the child.
The mother of the mother.
The mother of the father.
The Mother herself

Na wa oh and when the kids is grown, none of them will be willing to pay for anything, they will all send the pikin to him papa.

your mother-in-law is the right one. If you choose your mother there will be problem always between your wife and your mother, so is better to go for your mother-in-law.

Wife's mother because the average Nigerian woman relates much better with her own mom than her mother-c cftin-law. She can speak her mind freely when talking with her mom without fear that anything she does or says "can be used against her."

Wife's mother because the average Nigerian woman relates much better with her own mom than her mother-in-law. She can speak her mind freely when talking with her mom without fear that anything she does or says "can be used against her."

My mother should come first and my mother-in-law can come subsequently because the husband is the owner of the house and can decide who come and who don't.The wife was handed over to the husband's mother on the of their wedding to take of her as daughter. The wife should be confortable.That is Yoruba traditon.

Your wife of course

That is a very nice question and the answer to the question depend on who the wife want, she might decide not to invite her mother but someone else, but traditional the mother is suppose to do the Omugwo for her daughter,