How old was your baby before you let them
go to a sitter? And how did you find your
sister? Or do they go to day care? (well
our day care wont take them till a year
old)
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Kourtney08
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 May 2004 Posts: 937 Location: Alaska
Posted: 02-08-05 20:47pm
Kylies only 3 months, I plan to stay at
home with her until shes in preschool so I
can spend all that time with her, and my
boyfriend has a job that lets me do that,
so thats what I do. But when I do go out
and do stuff my mom watches her because
even in this small town I don't trust
people. I see those shows where
babysitters abuse other peoples kids.
This little boy here in alaska was 21
months old and his parents went out of
town and the little boy stayed with
"family" is all it said, and they beat him
until he was in a coma, then he died
shortly after. That story made me so sad.
I just don't trust people.. At all.
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Princess385
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Dec 2004 Posts: 407 Location: Wisconsin
Posted: 02-08-05 20:51pm
As in full time so you can work, or just
once in awhile when you want to get out?
I'm staying home with cole, seeing it's
not worht the money to put him in day
care. As for getting a sitter for a
night out, I did that when he was 3 months
old....He's now going on 4 months.
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littlered
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jan 2005 Posts: 268
Posted: 02-08-05 21:20pm
Well I don't have kids but I have been a
babysitter. I babysit my newph when he
just 1 and 1/2 monthes old so my sister
could back to work. But when her and her
hubsand wanted a night alone she would
bring her youngest son to me and her two
oldest to her mother inlaw. So if you are
wanting to go back to work after the baby
is born. Maybe you should ask your mom.
That is if she doesn't work.
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Kourtney08
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 May 2004 Posts: 937 Location: Alaska
Posted: 02-08-05 21:25pm
Princess- if my fiance and I want to go
out, im not going to work until shes in
preschool, and then i'll work part time
because preschoolers get out of school so
early. I just don't want her in daycare,
so my mom watches her.
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Princess385
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Dec 2004 Posts: 407 Location: Wisconsin
Posted: 02-08-05 21:33pm
The money for daycare would be my full
paycheck. That's the only reason I won't
do it. It'd be a waste of working and I
don't have anyone of family that stays
home like that.
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l2at24
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Nov 2004 Posts: 1509
Posted: 02-09-05 00:56am
I left my daughter with a sitter when she
was two weeks old. I had been talking to
girls in the neighborhood while I was
preg. I don't work, so I don't know how
I would go about full time care. I get
sitters from my neighborhood, church, high
schools. You can ask youth leaders and
teachers for some good girls. If I get a
good feeling from a girl at the grocery
store, I just ask her if she babysits.
Some people like/feel more comfortable to
be with their baby 24/7. Not me, I go
out a couple times a week. I even had
one come on sat so I could take a long
bath and a nap!!! Lol
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pinkbaby
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 618 Location: Arizona
Posted: 02-09-05 14:03pm
Well I would love to stay home with her
forever <3 but I have plans for our
family, and I know I would have to work to
achieve those goals. I dont need the
money cause luis takes care of us (12-11 6
days a week) so I would basically work for
her, cause there are special things I want
her to have. I live in a small town,
theres alot of druggies here, ive met a
few good people, but I dont trust anyone,
both our families work, and even though
its their grandaughter, I would feel bad
leaving her with them everyday, because
shes not their responsibility. The day
care is really cheap though, its only like
$50 a week.
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Kourtney08
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 May 2004 Posts: 937 Location: Alaska
Posted: 02-09-05 14:25pm
Well, my mom and I are kinda trading,
thats why I have such a good deal with
her. Plus shes obsessed with kylie, if
she doesn't see her everyday she has
withdrawls.
But maurice and I take my little brother
(indigo) 3 days a week, sometimes even
more (my moms going through a lot) and I
make him his lunch, take him to school,
and she pays me 50 dollars a night to
watch him, so I get paid from her 150 a
week and sometimes more. Like this week I
got 250. So, it all works out. So if I
were to get a job, she said we could trade
off and i'd take indigo, and then she'll
take kylie, so its nice.
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pinkbaby
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 618 Location: Arizona
Posted: 02-09-05 15:51pm
Well thats a fair trade, and he has a very
interesting name, I like it.
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BrianBaby
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Jan 2005 Posts: 1383
Posted: 02-09-05 15:54pm
The university I go to has a daycare and
will take 3 month olds and up....The best
part is I can get it all covered under
financial aid and not have to worry about
it :)
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Kourtney08
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 May 2004 Posts: 937 Location: Alaska
Posted: 02-09-05 15:59pm
Yeah, I didn't like his name at first,
because I wanted my brother to have a
normal name, but im glad he doesn't :)
