update on babysitter
By poppoppop111
@poppoppop111 (5731)
Canada
August 22, 2007 11:33am CST
a while back i had posted for advice on which babysitter to go with. the convenient teen boy across the street where my daughter could be home and not wake up so early. or a lady with 5 kids across town. anyway, i had a meeting at the museum today and i asked the boy to come babysit for the first time. he will be doing it a few days a week starting in september. anyway. everything went good. my daughter really likes him. he was here early and everything went smoothly. i'm glad i went with him. thanks to everyone for thier advice.
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6 responses
@sizzle3000 (3036)
• United States
22 Aug 07
I think this is great. I am glad that everything is going in your favor. I still would put one of those nanny cams in the house. I guess it is just my suspisious mind.I know that baby sitters are needed but I can't help being nervous when my kid is with some other than family. I was so very lucky that my mom or my cousin baby sat my daughter. My cousin had me and her step sister to help with her daughter. I am so lucky that I have a close family. However, I do understand that being a single mom is hard and with no family to back you it is even harder. I admire you for being so persistant and being a good mom. Keep up the good work. Some day it will get easier. In all actuallity you should be very proud of yourself for being so independent. I truely hope things keep going your way. You deserve a brake.
@poppoppop111 (5731)
• Canada
22 Aug 07
thanks, i'm not too worried about it. i trust this guy, i've known him for 2 years now. and my schedule worked out so great with school that i only need him twice a week. every other day my classes finish early and i'll make it home by the time she gets off the bus. things worked out so great.
@poppoppop111 (5731)
• Canada
22 Aug 07
i start on sept. 4 but i'm getting all my placements organized. i had a meeting at one museum today. i have an independent project to do and i'm going to be working on a special project for a new museum that will be opening next year. and monday i have a meeting at another museum to sing paperwork for my one day a week placement. so these things i will get started right away on. i'm not going to wait for school to start. i want to get a head start on my placements so everything isn't all at once.
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
22 Aug 07
Yes, I alwasys had good luck with my teen boy babysitters.
Congratulations on another problem resolved.
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@Michele21 (3093)
• United States
22 Aug 07
I am glad you found a babysitter that you and your daughter like. My husband and I never go out because I don't know where to find a good reliable baby sitter for my kids. I would be so nervous leaving them with a stranger.
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@poppoppop111 (5731)
• Canada
22 Aug 07
that's the way i was before. i never went out for four years unless my mother watched her but that was rarely. but now that i'm going back to college and working i have no choice but to get a babysitter. i'm a single mom so i have no other way of working it out. but my schedule is really good. i'm only going to need a babysitter twice a week. my classes get out early enough every other day that i'm home when she gets off the school bus.
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
23 Aug 07
That's great news my friend :) happy to hear all went well.
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@seethegrandview (99)
• United States
22 Aug 07
Are you crazy? That is not a good parenting idea to leave your daughter with a teen boy. It may have been inconvenient for you to drive across town to a lady with
five children but a least it would be an adult keeping your daughter. Please reconsider and keep searching for a good babysitter. Convenience is not always the better way.
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@poppoppop111 (5731)
• Canada
22 Aug 07
i don't agree, there is nothing wrong with teen boy babysitters. your judging a book by the cover there. i know this boy and his family and have knows him for a couple years. he is responsible and his father is home every day right across the street as well. i've known lots of responsible boy babysitters and nothing bad has ever happened. it's better for my daughter, this way i don't have to wake her up at 6 am to drive her to a babysitter, have her take the bus a half hour longer (she's only 4) and not have enough attention with so many other kids.
@poppoppop111 (5731)
• Canada
22 Aug 07
i've seen many situations where the women have lost custody of the children and the men are taking care of them. it hapens more than you think. plus look at all the adult women babysitters who have neem charged for abusing kids.
@seethegrandview (99)
• United States
22 Aug 07
I stand by my response hopefully he can be trusted. It is not a boys or man's nature to be babysitters of children rather it be boy or girl. Woman are the nurturers not men.Think on that.
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