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so, so annoyed. i lined up our daytime babysitter for a saturday night next month because we have an engagement party and i need someone to put ds to bed (we always go out after he is asleep). she tells me today she can't do it. wwyd? should i just have our nighttime sitter come put him to sleep even though he's never met her? he's 21mo and going through terrible separation anxiety. ugh, this sucks!
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04.25.08, 10:47 AM [ Flag ]
- can you have her come over and hang out with him maybe next week?
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- yes, but have her come once with you home to meet him. And it will be okay, really, even if he has a bit of a hard time when you leave.
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- Yes. You need to introduce dc to the nighttime sitter.
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  04.25.08, 10:49 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - ^how do you think your child will feel when he inevitably wakes up one night and finds no parents, just a stranger?
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    04.25.08, 10:54 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- does your daytime sitter have a good excuse? That's really $hitty, imo.
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  - things come up. it's called life. don't you ever have to cancel something at work?
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    04.25.08, 10:50 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - this is different.
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      04.25.08, 10:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - no, it's not
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        04.25.08, 11:11 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - it's NEXT MONTH. not tomorrow.
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    04.25.08, 10:50 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - op: she did have a good excuse, but i never never use her on the weekends and i stressed what a big deal this was. i'm annoyed, but of course i undersand
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    04.25.08, 10:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - why is it shitty? OP asked if she was available, and she isn't.
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    04.25.08, 10:53 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Sounds like the babysitter first agreed to do it and now says she can't. I know the feeling, OP, and it does suck, but you do have someone else to ask.
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      04.25.08, 10:55 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - right, but it's not like she just didn't show up or something. OP has plenty of notice.
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        04.25.08, 10:57 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - she first told her she was, then went back on it
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      04.25.08, 10:55 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - op: she told me two months ago she was available and I confirmed it with her last week. she just booked a vacation and is leaving that morning
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      04.25.08, 10:57 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - it's still plenty of notice. Look, find out if the other sitter is available, and take it from there.
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        04.25.08, 11:02 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- didn't you just post this?
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  04.25.08, 10:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- I feel for you, OP, but you need to introduce db to the other sitter anyway. At some point he will wake up and needs to know who she is.
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can you have her come over and hang out with him maybe next week?

yes, but have her come once with you home to meet him. And it will be okay, really, even if he has a bit of a hard time when you leave.

Yes. You need to introduce dc to the nighttime sitter.

^how do you think your child will feel when he inevitably wakes up one night and finds no parents, just a stranger?

does your daytime sitter have a good excuse? That's really $hitty, imo.

things come up. it's called life. don't you ever have to cancel something at work?

this is different.

no, it's not

it's NEXT MONTH. not tomorrow.

op: she did have a good excuse, but i never never use her on the weekends and i stressed what a big deal this was. i'm annoyed, but of course i undersand

why is it shitty? OP asked if she was available, and she isn't.

Sounds like the babysitter first agreed to do it and now says she can't. I know the feeling, OP, and it does suck, but you do have someone else to ask.

right, but it's not like she just didn't show up or something. OP has plenty of notice.

she first told her she was, then went back on it

op: she told me two months ago she was available and I confirmed it with her last week. she just booked a vacation and is leaving that morning

it's still plenty of notice. Look, find out if the other sitter is available, and take it from there.

didn't you just post this?

I feel for you, OP, but you need to introduce db to the other sitter anyway. At some point he will wake up and needs to know who she is.

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