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Need to vent. Just moved to the suburbs, have hired our city babysitter to come be an au pair for the summer before she goes off to college. She couldn't do 7 days a week, so we worked it out for weekdays only. We pay her salary and her gas to get to/fro ($50 extra a week). Now two weeks into it, she says her mother wants her to come home on Thursday instead of Fridays. DH has Fridays off for summer hours, now we'll have no time alone like we planned. We and the kids adore her, but I'm just annoyed and wondering if it's really her mom who is saying this or if she is using that as an excuse.
30 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]I think she is nervous about going away to school, wants to spend more time with friends. Maybe her mom wants to be able to spend more time with her as well (I sure would). I think you're lucky that she agreed to come at all. That said, its too bad you can't get time alone. Maybe you should find another babysitter, as a way to ease your kids into someone new.
[ Reply | Options ]It probably is mom. She wants to spend time with her dd before she goes to college. Can you blame her?
[ Reply | Options ]try to make it work. a good babysitter is hard to find. sounds like it is a combo of her and her mom both wanting the extra time. she has zero social life at your hosue and she is an 18 year old for goodness sakes. can't say I blame her. however, if this scheudle absoultely doens't work, you could try to find someone else....maybe she could work every other friday until 2:00 or 3:00?
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Why did you have kids in the first place if you don't want to spend time with them?
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she's blaming her mom, but she just want some down time with her friends and maybe her family before going away to school. she's 18, and while she's not working f/t with you, she's not at home with her friends either. totally understandable
[ Reply | Options ]imo - this is the risk you take when you hire an 18 yo as your primary sitter. she's a teenager, not nec. so reliable, wants to hang out with friends, and you and your family are not her priority. sorry
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