How Do I Solve My Problem?

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Hi, everyone!*smile* It seems that I have so many problem waiting to be solved lately. By the way, it is not a very serious problem but I would like to share with others and get some good feedback from the discussion here. I send my 9 months old baby son to his babysitter's house everyday. She lives just nearby my house. She has been taking care of my baby since he was just 3 months old. I am satisfied with her service. She is a good babysitter and she loves my son as much as I do. Unfortunately, a few days back she told me that she can't babysit my son anymore and want to quit by the end of this month. Due to short notice, it is hard for me to look for a new babysitter. I can understand why she wants to quit as she herself, is waiting for the arrival of her first grandchild by the end of July. She was a heart patient before. It is quite difficult for her to babysit my son now. My son is taller, bigger and heavier than most babies (thanks to his daddy, the genes are from his Russian root definitely*smile*) She told me that it is very difficult as my son doesn't want others except her. He doesn't want to be left alone and she can't do anything else except to be by his side. My mom wants to take care of him but with one condition: she wants to bring him back to her house, my hometown which is located almost 300 km away from where I am living now*sad* At this moment, she is staying with me. She is accompanying me here as my husband is not around and she has been here for the last 7 months. She missed her own house and decided to go back to my hometown in July. She said, she is not used to stay in my home alone. All this while, she is staying with my nephew (who just finished his secondary education and will continue his studies this coming July)when I go to work. I tried to look for another babysitter but to no avail: either they are living quite far from my place or they take care of so many babies at one time. I also went to a few nurseries but couldn't find a suitable one. My initial plan is to let the babysitter takes care of him until he is one year old, and when he can walk and talk a little bit, I will send him to a nursery. But now, I need to change my plan drastically. I don't want to send my son so far away, staying with my mother in my hometown. I will miss him so much and I can't take it. My husband is away right now and I get used to stay alone with my son. If he lives with my mom, I feel my life becomes so empty: first without my husband and now, without my son*sad* Another reason is that, my mom is just recovering from her eye operation. She can't do heavy tasks. My son is definitely too heavy for her to take care. She is almost 70. But you will be surprised at how strong she is. I feel pity for her if she has to take care of my son as she herself needs to get a lot of rest. But I really do not have any choice left. I feel a bit pressure now since I need to work, to deal with this problem,(and some others too) and at the same time, I really don't want to live far away from my son. I don't want to come back to an empty house! My husband will only be back in August*sad* My mom said, she will take care of my son till my husband comes back and then she asked me to go and look for a good babysitter. (She also loves her youngest grandson as she took care of him for the first two months and she is against my plan to send him to a nursery after the babysitter decided to quit) I don't know what to do now. If any of you can give me a good suggestion, I am really thankful for that.