Quick Question For My Girls Posted: 06-18-06 19:46pm
Okay, so, my cousin cheyenne is getting
married this summer, and her stagette is
on saturday. I'm not going (i think it
would be pretty much a giveaway if I came
home drunk), but chey's wondering if I can
babysit for her best friend, larissa, so
riss can go to the stagette. Larissa has
two kids, a three year old boy (caden) and
a two month old girl (sophia). What's
going to happen is at about five, my mom's
going to drive me to larissa's house, and
i'm going to look after the kids, feed
them, put them to bed, etc. Larissa's
boyfriend left her last month, so i'm
basically her only babysitting hope.
However, my mom is concerned that looking
after sophia will be too much for me. I'm
a good babysitter, and i'm experienced
too, but I don't know sophia and caden as
well as I know some of the other kids i've
babysat for. I've met them a few times,
but i'm still not positive. Another thing
is that sophia has had problems keeping
milk down - soy, regular, skim, homo,
whatever. Riss hasn't been able to figure
out what's wrong with her, but apparently
she's taking her to the doctor's tomorrow
so it will be sorted out by saturday.
Also, caden can apparently be a handful,
and doesn't listen to babysitters. Now,
i've had kids like that before, and
usually i'm able to handle it. I'm really
happy that chey and larissa are trusting
me to be able to take care of an infant,
but would it be wrong for me to accept?
Riss apparently doesn't drink, so she'll
be able to drive me home afterwards. The
stagette is at chey's apartment, ten
minutes away from larissa's house, so i've
been told that if there are any problems,
I can call and she'll come home.
Should I be wary that larissa is leaving
me with a two month old? I've never
babysat practically a newborn for that
long before (it'll likely be five-seven
hours), and chey and riss both think I can
handle it, and I think that things will
probably be fine, but what if something
goes wrong? I need some awesome advice
from you girls. Should I consider for a
few days? Make sure I understand how
things work more??
Mattea xxxxx
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HcoBrunette06
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Posted: 06-18-06 20:07pm
Well good luck lol i'm sure you can do it.
Why don't you take a friend with you so
you know you guys can handle it? I think
it'd be easier that way =)
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Becky
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Posted: 06-19-06 03:56am
Maybe go round for a couple of hours
during the day before the saturday and
introduce youself to the kids and see how
are. Watch how their mom handles things
and it'll give you a good idea of how
it'll be on the night.
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Kia
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Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 6594 Location: Planet Tampaxia,
Posted: 06-19-06 06:12am
I agree with beckster.
Spend a bit of time with the kids before
hand so you aren't a stranger.
Watch how their mom deals with
situations.
Oh and don't tell caden you're the
babysitter.
Say something like "autie mattea, chey's
sister, is gonna look after you guys for a
couple hours and we're gonna hve some fun
yeah"
don't spring bedtime on him. Make sure
his sister is somewhere safe
(cot/crib/bassinet) when you actually
embark on "bedtime".
Give him fair warning - "in half hour
we'll get ready for bed" then "in 15
minutes we'll get ready for bed", 10 mins,
5mins, "ok let's get ready for bed".
Do wash/bath/story/drinkies - try to be
close to his normal routine.
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Tayzia
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 373
Posted: 06-19-06 10:30am
Thanks, kia and beck. We've made an
arrangement for me to spend time with the
kids on friday, so hopefully that will get
caden and sophia used to me. :)
