Horror stories: Baby sitting and the opt-out revolution

Charlottesville Hook ^ | 1/4/07 | The Brazen Careerist

[2banana]

So we've now gone months with no babysitter, and my husband is about to kill me because he's picking up a lot of the slack.

Better him picking up the slack than to find out his baby was sexually molested or worse...

[WIladyconservative]

The woman I found was great, but she said that she was really busy, and could her boyfriend babysit instead.

There's the FIRST mistake. The answer should have been NO.

[trisham]

and one bad babysitter doesn't mean you should give up on corporate life, and the crazy demands of corporate life don't mean that you should give up on work outside the home.

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Pathetic.

[CDHart]

"my husband is about to kill me because he's picking up a lot of the slack. "

So the husband's responsibilities take precendence over the safety of his own child? Odd.

Carolyn

[Tax-chick]

So we've now gone months with no babysitter, and my husband is about to kill me because he's picking up a lot of the slack.

Huh?

I hope this lady is not in a job that requires coherent communication, because I'm perplexed. What kind of work does she do that involves going to a coffee shop?

And if her husband doesn't want to spend time with his child (I assume it's his child, and that's the "slack" she mentioned), then why do they have one?

I'd suggest she get a cat, but it's too late ...

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[caver]

Sounds like she is complaining because she wants it all. Why did she have kids if she wasn't going to watch them? And why get a babysitter just to go to a coffee shop?

[alloysteel]

Isn't this part of the story line in "Desperate Housewives"?

[Alouette]

She should call Andy Willoughby and find out about the 3 Step Scam.

[Alouette]

What kind of work does she do that involves going to a coffee shop?

She's a barista at Starbucks?

[metmom]

We are all trying to find a compromise, and some of us are trying to find a sitter.

Cry me a river. How about not having kids if they're that much of an imposition? How about rearranging your priorities and living within your means? How about *Grow up and quitchyerbi%&*in?*

[trillabodilla]

When my son was 3 months old, we decided to let a really nice neighbor young lady watch him in her home, instead of going the day-care route.

I got off early one Friday, and arrived at "Marge"'s house to pick up my son. After knocking on the door a few minutes, with no answer, I let myself in, thinking "Marge" was tied up and couldn't come to the door.

There in the living room was my 3 month old baby, asleep in a baby swing, with his pacifier in his mouth, and a piece of TAPE across his face, holding the pacifier in place.

"Marge" was not in the house. She was next door visiting with the neighbor.

Needless to say, our relationship ended right quickly with "Marge".

We had to go the day care route after that. But at least I knew there was more than one person there to monitor what was going on.

Thank God, my son is now healthy and happy at 12, but I will never get that picture of him in that swing out of my mind, and the horror of thinking that he could've choked had he spit up.


Sorry for the long post....

[Tax-chick]

I suppose ... or a manager.

[randog]

Why did she have kids if she wasn't going to watch them? And why get a babysitter just to go to a coffee shop?

Those exact thoughts ran through my mind, too, but what do I know? I don't have any kids, so I must just not understand.

[stainlessbanner]

The whole article reads like one big panic.

[Thrownatbirth]

I know a couple gals at Pig-N-Steak in Madison who would be more than happy to babysit for some extra bucks.

Get to know the locals, woman.

[Tax-chick]

The point is probably that we need more federally-funded daycare and regulation of work hours, so that the author isn't further inconveniences.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

It's interesting how the mommy in this piece keeps referring to her child as "the baby" and not "my daughter" or "my son." Could be nothing, of course, but if you ask me, that's very telling right there of exactly where this mom's mind is at.

[randog]

I'd suggest she get a cat...

It appears to me by her attitude that she thinks her child is a cat.