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Looking after someone else's kids can be tricky. With your own kids, you make the rules. You decide when is bedtime, how much screen time they get, and what's for dinner. When you're babysitting, parents are usually the ones who give you the guidelines. They might not align with what you have in mind as the babysitter, but you have to abide by them nonetheless.
Sometimes, parents might have some exceptionally odd or unusual instructions. That's evident from these two threads on Quora about the weirdest and most inappropriate requests babysitters got from parents. The people in the answers shared stories that make them scratch their heads to this day. And what about you, babysitting Pandas? Have you ever had a particularly jarring or strange babysitting experience? If so, don't hesitate to share it with us in the comments!
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#1
The most inappropriate thing I was asked to do is actually only so, looking back on it as a mother.
When I was 10, I started babysitting my next door neighbors kids, they were 3 and 6 years old. I'd play with them after school for an hour or two while their mom went grocery shopping or whatever. Super easy, she'd give me $20 and a candy bar lol it was awesome. This was in 1987 so it was actually really nice pay!
My neighbor 4 houses down had a baby, and she was friends with my mom. When that baby was a week old, she asked me to babysit for her while she went to some thing. I was 10. This was a newborn. She left for 4 or 5 HOURS. I'm mixing bottles of formula, feeding the baby, holding him, changing his diapers. I had zero experience with a baby. The closest I came was playing with baby dolls. Oh it went fine and I called my mom when I had questions, but seriously who in their right mind would leave a newborn with a 10 year old girl who had no experience at all for 5 hours?? And it became a regular thing. I babysat him weekly for the next 4 years until they moved away.
I consider this wildly inappropriate now as a mother. A newborn? A 10 year old? 5 hours? WTF was she thinking??
David 1 year ago
It's borderline but I think it depends on the maturity / responsibility of the kid. I was babysitting around my neighborhood at age 11 (I can't recall if I did some of it at age 10). But I was calm and responsible and I did extras like washing dishes. I never had a complaint and I often got paid extra. I don't recall taking care of any babies though. I think about 4 or 5 may have been the youngest.
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Nickie LaRue 1 year ago (edited)
Yeah, I remember being 8 yrs old when I got my first babysitting job, for some neighbors 4 year old. They were gone til 10pm, then got mad at me for falling asleep on their couch. I was 8! My bedtime was 9pm! Why my mom and grandma agreed to this is beyond me.. I'd been babysitting my younger cousins, but usually with my older sister home.. this was my first real babysitting job..
Marcellus II 1 year ago
I'd say what was your mom thinking!? The neighbour was desperate & postpartum so poor decisions may be made... but your mom!?
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
My first job was at ten. The people had two girls, six and two. The mom stayed home. Basically, she wanted me to play with her kids for a few hours so she could get a break.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
In the 80's I practically raised the baby across the street when I was 12/13 years old. But my parents were always home and the live in nanny was often there too in her attached apartment. But as an adult I don't think I'd be comfortable with someone that young taking care of an infant.
Dragons Exist 1 year ago
I mean, $20 in 1987 is $55 today (assuming it's usd) so $10 an hour at 10 years old isn't bad
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#2
The most inappropriate thing I ever did while babysitting was lose a kid.
We had been playing in a bedroom when the two sisters began fighting over a toy. I interceded and the older girl stormed out of the room in a huff. It was awhile before I realized she wasn't coming back. I started wandering the house calling her name. No response. I checked the basement. I checked the yard. Fear rising in my chest, I dragged the little sister and the toddler to a neighbor’s who had playmates. Nope, had not seen her.
Now, I was really panicky, and for an additional reason than most. Years earlier, the family had suffered the death of a 4-year-old who had wandered from home and drowned in a neighbor’s pool.
So what’s a 13-year-old to do? I called my mom.
Minutes later, she walked into the house and said very loudly, “Fiona! Come out! We are going to Dairy Queen!”
We heard a giggle, then an, “OK!”
She had been hiding under a pile of dirty clothes in the laundry room. The little snot.
So, we went and got ice cream. I knew we were rewarding bad behavior, but this babysitter really needed some chocolate.
Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
This is why we call our Moms when things get hard. They always know what to do.
Rahul Pawa 1 year ago
So a 13 year old was put in charge of 3 children??? That alone seems inappropriate to me.
#3
Once, I had a parent bring in her teething infant. Poor thing was suffering with her teeth and drooling all over. She also brought in some whisky. Now, a lot of old-school people used whisky to rub on baby gums to help with the pain. Ok, not something I agreed with, but I had teething medicine. However, the request was not just to rub it on her gums. She was giving her a tablespoon every four hours for pain. I was like “heck no!” Needless to say, they found someone else to watch the baby pretty quickly.
Featherytoad 1 year ago
I grew up in the 70s, and whenever I had a cough in the middle of the night that just wouldn't stop, I got a shot of whiskey. It put me back to sleep for sure.
BluEyedSeoulite 1 year ago
Teething medicine, like numbing gel, used to be really common when I was a kid. They don't suggest it for kids under 3 now since they are so sensitive, it can cause a fatal condition called methemoglobinemia, it reduces the red blood cells ability to carry oxygen. Plus they wash out of the mouth in minutes. Ibuprofen or Tylenol is the suggestion nowadays. Just an FYI for anyone that might have to deal with a teething baby. Whisky is also weird and never worked well since it doesn't have any anesthesizing effects unless you are inebriated, like this mom was doing. Yikes.
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
I think that is pretty much illegal in any civilized country
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Steven Heylek 1 year ago
I had a friend whose mother used to dose him every night with whiskey when he was an infant, so she could sleep without him waking up. Would you guys be surprised to find out he ended up being a raging alcoholic ? That ended up being a major factor in his death ?
Regina Holt 1 year ago
I would get Child Protective Services involved ASAP!!! Get the instructions written by the mom, and show the proof that that child should not live with that mother. If so, constant breathalyzer testing done randomly.
Skylar Jaxx 1 year ago
A tablespoon???? Gheesh. I mean to do it period but a whole a*s tablespoon of it. To a baby!
#4
It was the early 70s and I was in college, babysitting occasionally to make a little spending money. Jobs were posted on a dorm bulletin board. I arrived at an apartment full of stoned people, including the parents, getting pre-high for a Dead concert. The kids were asleep already.
They offered me a hit. At first I was gobsmacked that they wanted me to watch their kids while high. And then I thought, dummy, they probably smoke around them all the time.
Then one of them said, “So . . . you goin’ to the concert?”
“No. I’m babysitting.”
“Oh, right, man.”
Good times.
Hodge Elmwood 1 year ago
I once took a bus to a stadium where a concert was being held (forget which band, but no, it wasn't the Grateful Dead). All the kids at the back of the but were passing weed around. One asked, "Why are you going to a concert if you're not gonna get high?" I dunno, man, for the music?
#5
To not take them out of the house. I was with them for 3 days a week, 9 hours a day for a year. The first 2 months were fine. They let me take them to the park, to the library for story time, up to the shops for an ice cream etc. After a while the kids got attached to me and the mother got jealous and said I was no longer able to take them out of the house.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
When I was a nanny the parents loved that their son wanted to be with me. They called me "the other mommy" and treated me like part of the family. A kid can never have too many people that love them. If you're jealous it means you're not a very good parent.
#6
“Whatever you do don’t let him take an orange into his bedroom.”
The words didn’t mean a lot to me at age 15 babysitting little Timmy (aged 4 I can’t recall his name) but boy did they ever spring back in my memory later.
My best mate babysat this kid in my absence. We had babysat him together but I was away and no one thought to tell her about the orange rule.
I was away at a camp. Jen was babysitting. Little Timmy asked oh so sweetly for a piece of fruit and Jen gave it to him. He took his orange to his room. He tore it up with his bare hands and then sorted it into fleshy pulp, pith and rind.
The fleshy stuff was fed to a GI Joe figurine he called “Chooms” (smooch backwards according to his mum). Juice all over his bedsheets.
The pith was posted into the all in one tv-video recorder unit in his play room (shh it was the 90s, yes I know I’m old) . This was discovered when I tried to put a power rangers video on for him on my next visit.
The rind he had been told was great for starting fires. Jen found him in the bathroom setting fire to toilet paper and orange peel with matches then flushing it at 10 at night. Little scientist. Bless. So glad it wasn’t on my watch. (Sorry Jen)
Trillian 1 year ago
Little scientist? It sounds like he has done this before and for sure been in trouble for this before. That is weird behavior.
Just stopping by 1 year ago
Most wouldn't watch the kid while in the bathroom where he was doing it
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LGBTQpanda 1 year ago
Yikes! I assume it was only oranges? Lemons and apples were safe from their clutches?
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
Ah, he had a choom! That's pretty prem and I would totally have asked for detes before I'd delta! (Sorry, the gamer in me couldn't resist)
#7
“If they misbehave, there’s a ladle in the left hand drawer.”
Yup, when I was babysitting the two daughters of one of our neighbors, the mom told me to hit them with a ladle if they were bad.
No, I never even considered it. And they were bad. A lot.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
When I was in middle school in the 80's our bus driver always whacked her kid with a wooden spoon when he annoyed her. He was just a toddler though, and forced to sit on a school bus for over half the day. We always felt so bad for him.
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David Fox 1 year ago
Hitting kids and resorting to violence just proves that you've lost control of the situation.
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
Kids were probably acting out because they were getting hit, child abuse only makes things worse
Mocha the Lion 1 year ago
here's how to know when hitting your child is ok. are they old enough to understand reason? yes: then reason with them. no: why the hell are you hitting a child that can't understand reason?
Michael Largey 1 year ago
"Sorry, mam. I took your advice about the ladle and used it to pour pork and beans all over them. Turned out to be worse on the sofa than it was on them."
Lyoness 1 year ago
In the 80s we had a neighbour whose kids used to proudly show off the wooden spoon their mom had BROKEN on one of them. Looking back it was the weirdest flex - like, 'look how tough we are, we can take being abused'. Even weirder was she had an in home daycare and was an amazing caregiver (I know, I was there).
Fluffy Cat Sleeps 1 year ago
Yeah. My mom actually said the she used wooden spoons because she knew they would break if she hit us "too hard". Don't get me started about the hairbrush.
Load More Replies... AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
Hitting only makes them act out worse typically when the abuser isnt present. (Young) Kids domt understand in the way adults do. If you only abuse them rather than speak to them all it does is teach them to not get caught. So that wild kid energy you hit them over gets build up until they are away from you (like at school or a babysitter) where its let out all at once hence OPs say they were bad a lot.
TrippyBanana 1 year ago
Definitely know that world. Never a ladle, but definitely a wooden spoon or paddle or just a hand. I grew up pretty great with no real issues. Spankings didn't happen often but I usually understood I'd done something to cause the punishment. Still love my mom and grandma.
Francesca Rachel 1 year ago
I was brought up as a wooden spoon kid … I’m now 34, am married, and still refuse to have them in the house!
#8
Someone once called me at 11pm on a worknight (I was in my 20s and worked almost full-time, but also babysat sometimes). I was fast asleep, and I was sick with a fever, and she asked me to come babysit. She then got angry at me when I said I couldn’t.
She then called my mom and told her I was being unreasonable.
Anna Ekberg 1 year ago
Was she hoping your mom would beat you with the ladle to make you do as she wanted?
Regina Holt 1 year ago
So, you are sick, she doesn't mind if her kids get sick also? That's bad enough, but to expect you to come running over there no matter what you were doing at the time, what if you were out of town?
Vinnie 1 year ago
"I'm in the middle of a sales conference in Singapore. Can you put your kids on the next flight out of Chicago?"
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#9
One time while babysitting a friend of the couple (male, about 30) told them he would give me a ride home. Instead of taking me home - which was about five blocks away - he drove me to a remote area and started to grope me and try to kiss me. I protested and managed to back him off - even though I was only 12. It scared me. I never told anyone.
Regina Holt 1 year ago
Never babysit for them I hope. And telling someone would have protected some one else
Robin Roper 1 year ago
So many don't tell; we're ashamed or glad we made it out alive, or both.
Bernie j. Janinsky 1 year ago
We understand. When push comes to shove, Adults Cover For (& Believe Only) Adults. Kids Are Called Liars & Laughed At. Yes..SN understands and so do I
Cydney Golden 1 year ago
Never teach you child especially a daughter to be ashamed if someone abuses them.
#10
My grandkids go to a private school and I was babysitting them one night (6 of them) and I told the two school age girls to get ready for bed and they came down in their school dresses. I said, “I said get ready for bed not for school!” They replied, “Mom lets us sleep in our school clothes because it is easier to get off to school in the morning.” I said fine but held back a small laugh. I had never thought of that but I had never had six kids to get ready for school.
Rayne OfSalt 1 year ago
When I was in high school I had to catch a train at 6:30am to get to the school by 8:15am, so you'd better believe that I slept in my uniform every night so I could get an extra 10 minutes of bedtime.
Lil Miss Hobbit 1 year ago
6 kids gets hectic. Idk if this would be the compromise I would make, but I guess it works. Lol
Shawnna Clement 1 year ago
I did this when my kids were toddlers going to the babysitter, but not once they were in school It was mostly because they'd be wearing their breakfast.
Trophy Husband 1 year ago
One of my kids likes her school clothes enough to sleep in them. It is so nice. I wish they all would
Katy McMouse 1 year ago
That's actually not a bad idea, as long as the clothes are clean and comfortable, for sleep.
#11
I baby sat rotation at the church nursery.
A mother told me her baby is breast fed and gave me instructions to let junior massage my breast while taking the bottle or he would be inconsolable. That child promptly had his bottle propped up on a blanket in the bed!
Another time a child was being potty trained with skittles candy. The mother brought a quart size bag for an hour sermon. Consequently child went potty without candy end of story. She didn’t understand how I got her to go without it… simple. Don’t mention it… kid may get potty trained but gets rotten teeth in the process. YOU are the parent people. It’s OK to call the shots!
Anna Ekberg 1 year ago
Rewarding or punishing a child with sweets/food can create an eating disorder.
Vivienne 1 year ago
I mean it’s alright to get rewarded with treats every once in a while though not all the time. That can also cause a child to be greedy and expect things whenever they do something good
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Lil Miss Hobbit 1 year ago
I think it's okay to reward a kid for potty-training if you do it properly. My mom would let them flush the toilet (which is fun when you're little I guess) as a reward but also if they went without being reminded they would get a chocolate-chip or something. Then she would slowly ween them off (only reward if you poop, only one reward per day, etc.)
brittany 1 year ago
we did the same thing on the recommendation from our kids pediatrician. she used the same method for her kid who was only a few years older than ours. worked. took my song a little longer, but that was due to his disability.
Load More Replies... Theora Fifty-five Johnson 1 year ago
I potty trained my child with a small bag of M&Ms and some Matchbox cars over a week or so. 1 M&m for sitting on the potty, a matchbox car for pooping. For peeing, put a square of tp in the toilet, tell him to sink it. He does not have an eating disorder.
Jeevesssssss 1 year ago
It drives me mad when parents or pet owners do this. "But he screamed/cried/looked at me with these big, sad eyes!" You're the parent. Be responsible! Rotten teeth, overweight and diabetes and everything that comes with them are not fun. I had a friend who stuffed her hamster so full of sugary treats because of her 'begging eyes' her blood pressure got so high her eyeball literally popped out and she got so fat she couldn't flip herself over if you laid her on her back (I took over her care - with agreement btw - and fed her appropriately, she dropped the excess weight and lived a much more active life for another year until she passed naturally having fallen asleep on my chest.)
#12
The weirdest request I've ever had from a parent, was too make sure to not let their 5 year old son get ahold of any butter knives or flathead screwdrivers during December, and his birthday month. Why? Because the little rascal figured out how to unlock the door to the basement storage room (using butter knives, or a flathead screwdriver), and he'd also figured out that the storage room under the stairs, was where Mom would hide birthday and Christmas presents.
Katy McMouse 1 year ago
I really thought that story was going in a completely different direction. Maybe it's time to switch out the crime shows with a more wholesome series.
AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
Age 5 ppl. Kids arent stupid if you domt treat them like they are. (Ie. Use ssssllooow sppeeeech aaattt theeem) they can pick up on stuff n self learn pretty well
Monosyllabicgirl 1 year ago
My son figured out how to pop the child lock on freezer with a butter knife at 2! It had a lock on bc he'd sneak there and freezer would be left open. If I was in bathroom for more than 30 seconds he'd drag over a kitchen chair, get a butter knife and pop the freezer. Was fascinated with the ice, he wasn't even trying to sneak ice cream half the time. Once his brother was walking they would use each other as stools to climb up everything. Felt like living in a circus every time I had to pee
Gabriele Alfredo Pini 1 year ago
"If I discover that you have opened the door, I will donate your gifts to another kid". You just need to do this once, and it is amazing how quickly children learn that actions have consequences
Red_panda 1 year ago
I was thinking then just let them have the presents then, and no presents to open on birthday/Christmas.
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catastrophegirl 1 year ago
i am familiar with that lock. every interior door in my childhood home had them. no room was safe from the screwdriver key
Gina Gartola 1 year ago
I was the youngest of 4 and saw my older siblings using a knife to open mom and dad's bedroom door. Only because mom and dad preferred not to get out of bed to unlock the door. When they would tell me I could come in I got the knife through the crack part, but they would giggle seeing the knife come through nowhere near the door handle. Way too low.
#13
I was eleven. A young couple down the road from our farm had a baby boy. They hired me for $1/hour. His parents told me to add scotch to his baby bottle to help him take a nap. They didn't tell me how much though and I knew nothing about booze. I poured about half an inch, added milk and about an hour later the kid projectile vomited all over his nursery and was zonked for the entire four hours! My mom asked how it had gone. I told her about the scotch in the bottle and she went ballistic. She called them up and schooled them. The boy grew up to become an alcoholic and I always thought it was my fault.
Lyone Fein 1 year ago
This is illegal in just about every civilized country. It is grounds for having your child removed from your care by Social Services.
Shawnna Clement 1 year ago
I've never understood how a child would drink alcohol. A friend and I made ice cream mudslides (ice cream and Kahlua) and a normal milkshake for her 3YO. We went to the kitchen to grab some snacks and come back to mudslide spat all over the table. We couldn't even taste the alcohol, but greedy lil girl did.
Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
We once visited my Grandmother and she had made some punch (like strawberries, sugar, some white wine/champagne, possibly sparkling water). My 3YO little brother was quite hyper that morning, and oddly unresisting when nap time came. Granny swore up and down he could never have been at that punch, as it had been put away from prying eyes and kiddy hands, while my parents wouldn't put much past him. When coffee time came and the punch was served his face glowed up and he remarked "There! Yummy!"
Load More Replies... LGBTQpanda 1 year ago
😲 NOT your fault but the parents' behavior is why SOME folks should be cleared to have kids.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
that is NOT YOUR FAULT. If anything, it would have put the kid off booze if he had aware of what had happened.
Skylar Jaxx 1 year ago
Ugh poor kid. His parents were terrible. He probably got to the point he had to have it and went through withdrawals especially if they were doing that all the time.
#14
In the 70s, I babysat once for my sister’s neighbor— just for the afternoon. The mom asked me to give the 6 month-old a bottle at 2 pm. Yeah, fill the bottle with Pepsi, she said. There was no milk in the refrigerator. I didn’t see any formula. He appeared to be a healthy well-fed baby. I did what I was told but I felt awful afterwards.
He slept like, well, a baby.
Anna Ekberg 1 year ago
When my son was a toddler i saw this mom giving her kid (kid was no more then 1 year old) a full bottle with coke to drink. I felt so bad for that kid and kinda sad that people in these times don't know better or just don't care.
PFD 1 year ago
Given that the OP refers to this happening in the '70s, I'm not sure this is a "these times" problem.
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Nikki Hilton 1 year ago
Just read about the mom that killed her child by feeding Mountain Dew in her bottle. The 4 yr old died of ketoacidosis. Mountain Dew.
Jeevesssssss 1 year ago
And this is why the biggest cause of hospital admissions in kids under 10 is for yanking rotten teeth.
Alethea Fletcher 1 year ago
I was on holiday with my husband and kids, in a cafe for lunch. A woman came in with her toddler in a pushchair...toddler screaming LOUDLY! Said woman pushed to the front of the queue, demanded a milky coffee, and filled a baby bottle with it, handing it to screaming toddler...who then stopped and gulped at the coffee. ..... Now. This was in England. The judgement was obvious,... for the coffee in the bottle of course, but more for pushing to the front of the queue!
Annie 1973 1 year ago
I was given tea to drink as a tiny baby instead of formula or being breastfed.
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Crystal Ruiz 1 year ago
And here I waited to give my kid a sip of orange soda until she was around 3 years old
Shawnna Clement 1 year ago
There's a woman nearby me who was sentenced for the death of her 4 YO after feeding her Mt. Dew. Her teeth had rotted away completely. She died of diabetes complications. This was after the woman had already nearly killed an older sibling the same way.
Annie 1973 1 year ago
Not soda but I was given tea to drink as a baby instead of formula or being breastfed.
#15
The most inappropriate thing that I was asked to do was babysit my newborn twin cousins at the ripe old age of 10. Now, one baby, I think I would have been OK, I had a brother 10 years younger than me, so a slight acquaintance with the needs of a baby. Very slight, I'm 10 after all. So there was a family wedding, college friends from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh of my aunt and uncle, who could not find a babysitter. My mom “volunteered" my services so that they could attendnd the Mass and skip the reception, they had newborns after all. So I'm driven to my aunt and uncles's house, no idea where I am by the way. They told me the babies were sleeping and shouldn't wake up, but gave me instructions if they did. That was the longest day of my life, praying that they did not wake up, and watching out the front window for their return. I think the babies were just beginning to stir when their car pulled up, I almost collapsed with relief.
Katy McMouse 1 year ago
It shouldn't be allowed. I was 19 years old, and couldn't handle watching an eight month old for 9 hours straight. It was too overwhelming, especially since she was a clingy, fussy, grumpy baby. Someone told me to cry back at the little one, when I couldn't comfort her in normal ways. By the end of the second week, I did cry back at the baby, but for real. I was at the end of my rope. Unfortunately, it was mid August and every door and window was open, so the next door neighbor heard it. The mother called and told me I was heard screaming at the baby. I told her I absolutely wasn't, but I quit anyway. She then very snottily fired me, despite me already quitting. The worst part was that I felt incredibly guilty and ashamed, anyway. Never again, and I definitely never let my own kids attempt it.
Captain Kyra 1 year ago (edited)
I understand your concern, especially since you struggled at 19. However at 12 I was confidently caring for 9 month old twins of the neighbor in the downstairs apartment. I think it depends on the babies, the sitter and the knowledge the parents have of all. I had help nearby, and I was a responsible kid. A year later I babysat for a baby with colic, that was harder than the twins. What scares me about the story above was the fact that the babysitter was unwilling. I don't even have my dog walked by someone unwilling. Edit: removed imprecise language
Load More Replies... Pandarosa 1 year ago
My folks were going out for dinner with friends, the friends turned up at ours with their children expecting they would just stay at our place and be babysat by me (eldest child). Three kids including an infant, I was twelve. It went fine, but when they got back my dad ran inside the house in an absolute panic - the chimney was on fire, flames shooting out the top. Gawd
Kyla Skiles 1 year ago
I was maybe 10-12 yrs old watching 4 kids one being a set of newborn twins and one was on a heart monitor
#16
I was asked to wash the feet of the kid from his mom. She was having trouble with his hygiene. I was really hesitant to do so because of the age. I had washed my friend’s feet for him when he was injured, but a 12 year old? I told her I would try as she left the house. AJ was a soccer fanatic and always like to stay in his soccer uniform. I was able to get him to get his cleats off when he came inside and even his socks though the foot odor was almost unbearable. AJ said he hated taking showers or baths, but I replied that he needed to wash his smelly feet. After a few minutes, he complied and I drew him a hot bath and he stepped into the tub. I showed him the important parts to wash especially between his toes. I washed the soles of his bare feet and noticed they were noticeably smooth and well groomed for a boy his age. AJ said his mom gives him a pedicure almost every other week. I stated that clean feet are important just as deodorant. He laughed as I scrubbed between his toes and tickled them. He thanked me for washing his feet. Future visits were easy and the house didn’t smell of foot odor like it did before.
Sera 1 year ago
One whose parent obviously didn't teach them what they needed to know.
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Jeevesssssss 1 year ago
That's actually so wholesome. I mean, really bad that the mum wasn't managing it, but you handled it in such a mature and non-shaming way that obviously had a big impact on him.
Ray LeBlanc 1 year ago
That #18 is from some perv with a foot fetish about children's feet. Probably a male and the whole story is false. The descriptions are a dead giveaway.
Septixcake 1 year ago
Yeah I looked through his Quora Profile any you are a 100% right
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Weird requests I got while babysitting 1, 4, and 7 yr olds.
Don't let the baby take her shoes of, even though we weren't at any point going outside.
The 4 yr old could have soda with dinner, but the 7 yr old couldn't because she had school the next day.
Dont let the kids in the pool unless they had socks on. Apparently she was afraid their feet would get dirty.
The baby had to stay up until 11 so she'd sleep till 8 the next day.
Even though they could use regular cups the 4 and 7 yr olds had to use sippy cups. So the baby wouldn't feel singled out.
Anna Ekberg 1 year ago
They had to use sippy cups so the baby wouldn't feel singled out but the 4 year old having soda with dinner while the 7 year old was not allowed soda was ok? I think the 7 year old would notice more then a baby that they are in fact being singled out.
Susan 1 year ago
The shoes might make sense if they were for orthopedic reasons, the soda should NOT be okay for any of those kids with the exception of a special occasion. The socks in the pool one might make sense depending on how clean the pool was or how rough the bottom might be. Only they know their baby's sleeping habits so I won't touch on that one. But the sippy cups so the baby doesn't feel singled out? That's just nonsensical. Do they all wear diapers still too, because the baby might feel left out of using the potty?
AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
Sock in the pool can do more harm as the socks get socks n hold water pressed on the feet. It can make it harder to get them off and can limit circulation to the feet
Load More Replies... Shawnna Clement 1 year ago
The only one that makes sense is shoes on a baby. Boomers would buy walking shoes for kids with hard soles because they thought it helped them learn to walk. I don't believe it worked, but like whiskey for a teething baby, it stuck.
Skylar Jaxx 1 year ago
Hard bottoms lol. They were the go to after walking 6 months. Helped with gait.
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Once I was babysitting a very small one who had just started walking. The mom was a naturalist and didn’t believe in poison.
She said “There might be a mouse in the kitchen. Don’t feed the mouse. I am sure it is just visiting.”
Hearing a racket in the kitchen, I put small one in a crib with a toy, to investigate. Turns out there were eight mice in the kitchen. They not only planned on visiting, they were having a family reunion. I told mom the mice problem needed professional help. Her landlord took care of evicting the mice.
Katy McMouse 1 year ago
I think it's a rat. Most hamsters have slightly more rounded faces.
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day light 1 year ago
we once had a whole family of mice (around the 12-18 range) and then years later just had one mouse. we were all like "where's the rest of them??" but after we returned the mouse to the outdoors, there was no evidence of more mice and it was just... the weirdest thing
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Ambry Petersen 1 year ago
Actually I can understand not using poison with a baby around, too much risk of little one getting into it. Yes they will find it and yes they will try to eat it. Though you have to be very careful with trap placement too due to tiny hands of tiny curious persons. Most important step is to find where they are getting in and block it. Steel wool works as a temporary measure. We've found the most effective is spray foam.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 1 year ago
a roan. the markings fade as they grow up. some of them keep the mask, or at least a faint shadow of it. I've had a couple of Roans.
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Annie Persson 1 year ago
I read "doesn't believe in poison" as if she didn't think it existed. As in, "I am an atheist, I don't believe in God"
#19
Five unruly kids I had babysat frequently for years came into the drug store where I worked. They pretended the youngest had his hands locked in a toy handcuff, as a diversion while they stole several cartons of cigarettes. Several of us saw them do it, but I was the only person who could recognize and name the kids, and I told on them. Their mother was furious with me.
Anna Ekberg 1 year ago
Maybe she had sent them to do that? Why would kids steal cigarettes and not candy?
Rinso The Red 1 year ago
Really? While I agree there's the possibility they were under instructions, kids can access candy. Cigarettes are an adult pleasure, and kids will seek those opportunities if possible.
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Steve Hall 1 year ago
It has been about forty years since I have seen a store where customers could get to the cigarettes.
#20
I was working as a relief Nanny. Turned up to this family who had 1 child approx 12mths old. They had a book on the bench a i had to write everything down. They wanted me to measure how much water was given how much was left which equaled how much was drunk. Each time he had a drink. I had to count how many steps he took and how many he crawled. I had to measure how much food was offered and type. I had to measure what was left and what was thrown on the floor. Nappy changes, dirty nappies were to be kept for inspection. Times he played with specific toys. He was not allowed to crawl on the carpet as itcouldnt be sterilized. His hands were to be washed beforehe put them near his mouth if he was crawling. I was to only play educational activities wit him, consisting of reading books, flash cards, and a few other specific activities. After the first half hour of writing in the dam book it accidentally fellinto a sink full of water. I wouldnt of had time to interact with him if i did everything she wanted.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
I used to be a professional nanny, and this is crazy! Yes, I would let the parents know how much the kid ate and how many diapers they went through. And if they did anything cute I'd send pics. But if you're doing all that extra stuff there's no way you'd be able to actually interact with the baby. First time parents tend to go a bit overboard in my experience. Not all of them, but a lot. :)
AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
If ya gonna be THIS lvl of paranoid and germaphobe having a baby was not a wise idea
Shawnna Clement 1 year ago
My oldest went to the sitter with a mother like that. My kid was the last of 3 the same age to be potty trained because I didn't push it. She'd ask ask her kid a half dozen times if he needed to "go". These 3 boys are now 15YO. The OCD mom has a dependent OCD kid, the emotional mom has and emotional kid who cries in public and mine is super independent and laid back. Kids pick up our behaviors.
LGBTQpanda 1 year ago
Sounds like "New Parent Perfection" syndrome. 😔 So much time scoring the little one and hardly any interaction.
Melissa Harris 1 year ago
Was there a medical reason for this? Was the child premature or immune compromised? Or did the parents just have OCD and need therapy.
#21
I think when little girl came with her iPad… Mom wanted me to teach her how to use it. She was only 1 year old!
David 1 year ago
Depends on the program. There are kid programs a 1 year old can use. I've seen it. Presumably she wasn't asking her to teach the kid how to turn it on and make spreadsheets or powerpoint presentations. (or whatever is the apple equivalent). Heck, there are programs out there your cat can use. Pounce on the mouse and so on.
Susan 1 year ago
How about let kids just be kids. Let them play outside, create art, and play games together instead of teaching them to stare at a screen?
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Michael Largey 1 year ago
At the age of one, the child is still very much in need of getting familiar with the real world around it.
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#22
This happened with my first wife. I came home from work one Friday to find my wife babysitting a neighbor’s child. Probably 18 months? I was a bit surprised that someone would want to leave their child with a couple when they’ve never met the husband (me). I was told they were out for the evening and would be coming back late, probably picking him up Saturday morning. By Monday, I wasn’t sure if I should call CPS or just start raising him. My now ex-wife was adamant that she was not raising someone else’s child, and was ready to drop him off at CPS. From the moment I got home Friday, I took care of him, played with him, fed him, changed him. I’d heard him crying every day from their apartment, he’d be left to cry himself to sleep at night. When I put him to bed the first night, he started crying as soon as the light was off. We’d put his playpen next to our bed for him to sleep in, so I laid down on the bed and put my hand on his back and talked to him quietly. After a few minutes, he fell fast asleep and I left the room. Saturday, Sunday, and Monday night, all I had to do was lay him down, put my hand on his back, say “See you in the morning”, and walk out of the room. I did not have to stay in the room, he’d fall asleep with no crying or fuss. He just wanted to know that he wasn’t being abandoned. They came back Tuesday. We’d been knocking on their door and calling every day. They acted as if nothing were wrong, and only paid my wife for one day. After they finally showed up and got him, I could hear him crying in their apartment again. It seemed to anger his mother when I told her how I got him to sleep quietly every night. Shortly after, they moved.
Katy McMouse 1 year ago
No kidding! I hope that baby grew/grows up to be an undamaged adult.
Load More Replies... Upstaged75 1 year ago
This is NOT OK. They should have called the police for abandonment. Maybe the kid could have had a better life?
Awesome At Being Autistic 1 year ago
Why on earth would you not contact every single authority that you can think of?! You did that baby no favors.
Jaya 1 year ago
Of course you should call CPS. Even if you're okay with babysitting until the parents show up days later, you still should inform them so that this family at least gets on CPS's radar. So that they can do a home check later, to see if the parents are also neglectful in other ways.
Lyoness 1 year ago
I can't believe the number of these that should have involved the cops or child services. For the children babysitting children I can see the hesitation, but these were grown as* adults. W in T actual F?
Skylar Jaxx 1 year ago
But will call them for non sensical s**t. If there was ever a moment this was it.
Load More Replies... Sheena Leversedge Wood 1 year ago
that's so sad. harsh, but it sounds like it would have been better if the parents never came back
#23
I was babysitting a 6 yr old girl and was asked to keep her all week.
The mother then took a vacation without asking what I thought. She just assumed I would do it. The following week she came back to find I had not only adequately taken care of the girl but had bought her new clothes since the mother had not given me anything for her before she split.
I still scratch my head over that.
Linnoff 1 year ago
They should give the mom a bill for the clothes (and a week of childcare of course)
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#24
I was about 14 and one summer, I babysat during the day for a family across the street. They had 3 children. 2 were in elementary school and one was a baby. I was sitting in a recliner watching TV, with the baby asleep in my lap, when the father came home. It was 2 or 3 minutes before the hour and my show was about to end… next thing I knew, the father had his hand in my shirt around my breast. I don’t remember what I did- I must have looked shocked or said something because he said he thought I wanted it. I avoided him and left promptly the next 2 days and then they fired me. I never told anyone until after I moved away.
Regina Holt 1 year ago
Too many girls are treated thos way, but are Too afraid or confused to say anything. That dude will do it again. Mothers need to tell their girls what to do, and file a police report.
Jaya 1 year ago
Parents (including dads) should make sure their kids know that it is never okay if someone does that to you, and that it's never the kid's fault and that they should always tell their parents or someone else what happened. But the sad truth is that even if parents really instill that in their kids, sometimes kids will still be too uncomfortable to tell it and keep it a secret.
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#25
I would babysit for a friend of my parents when I was between 12–15 years old. The parents were pretty big partiers, but I actually liked the fact that they stayed out late because I was paid by the hour. They would come home pretty drunk and eventually the father started asking me to drive myself home in his new BMW. He would sit in the passenger seat while I drove and drive himself back to his place after dropping me off. I’m sure he thought this was a safer alternative to him driving me home while completely drunk, but not only was I under age, but not a particularly good driver. Unfortunately, years later his wife did k**l herself in a single car accident involving alcohol. It was very sad that her children lost their mother and I always liked her despite her issues.
Anna Ekberg 1 year ago
Lucky they didn't get killed themselves in a car accident forcing a kid to drive his drunk ªss around.
Regina Holt 1 year ago
Drunk mom killed herself in drunken accident, I just hope no one else was injured or worse.
Gina Gartola 1 year ago
If only they all only k**led themselves and not other innocent people.
Alex Boyd 1 year ago
He probably rationalized it that on the way home he was only risking himself, not the teenage babysitter. Addict logic.
Load More Replies... LGBTQpanda 1 year ago
Good gravy! So much to unpack there. I really want to pack it up again and stash it in my closet. 😔
Fox with a Dragon Tattoo 1 year ago
Hard to pitty anyone taking themselves out like that. Had literally thousands of chances to make better choices.
#26
In the late 60s, when I was 12 and beyond, I sat for someone down the street who was referred to as the ‘divorcee.’ That was uncommon in our town in the midwest and in most places in America for that matter. She told me each time that if her ex-husband showed up to the house that I was never ever supposed to let him in no matter how much he pounded on the door. “What?…”
Back then, I babysat most every night for all kinds of families. Some better off than others. I loved kids but I loved reading their magazines and eating from their fridge more. I became addicted to two things from that time of my life, ‘before’ and ‘after’ remodeling in mags like “Better Homes and Gardens” and “Chips Ahoy” cookies.
I always wanted to refuse when the ‘divorcee’ called but I felt sorry for her kids. Also, I worked it out in my naive brain that it was somewhat of a public service. Something akin to satisfying an imagined girl scout badge requirement.
But the thing is that she had magazines too! They were absolutely lurid to my young Catholic self, ‘True Detective” was probably the tamest.
BTW, 50 cents an hour was the going rate back then but I charged 60 cents in order to calculate by the minute…and I walked home.
David 1 year ago
I got $1 / hour in about 1971 so the 60s rate probably clocks. It doesn't seem "weird" to me that a single mom may not want the ex let into the house. There could be many legit reasons for this. Reasons that might also be the reason she was divorced. It sounds like the neighborhood looked down on her but the "divorcee" may have been the victim of an ugly situation.
Hodge Elmwood 1 year ago
I worked with a woman whose ex turned up at her house while she was at work and he talked his kids (teens) into letting him in. He stole some of the furniture, claiming the mom had agreed to let him take it. She hadn't. He was just doing it to hurt her.
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Lisa McCourt 1 year ago
I remember those magazines like True Detective! My mom used to have them in the bathroom and I used to read them. LOL.
#27
I used to babysit my cousins and their mom was a mean one (my aunt by marriage, I just need to reiterate that we are not related). She held one of her kids down when she got back and made me spank them (he was acting up, but this was just bad). And she said and not wimpy either, HIT his butt! It was bad. I spanked him, but she didn't like how I spanked him and she whacked him HARD on the butt and he ran off crying. That whole family is messed up now.
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
Should have slapped the "mother" in the face instead, let's see how much she likes full force impact
Rayne OfSalt 1 year ago
Ah yes, I'm sure that would have gone down well and not at all ended in the cousin getting assaulted by mumzilla.
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Sheena Leversedge Wood 1 year ago
crazy world where hitting an adult is considered a crime, but hitting a child isn't
#28
When I was thirteen I was asked to babysit for some friends of the family. The mother had a girl who was about nine, and the two parents together had a new baby. When I had arrived and the parents were gathering up their things to go out, the father lit a joint (marijuana cigarette) and asked me if I’d like a hit. I said no thanks, but inside I was thinking “What kind of father asks a thirteen-year-old if she wants to smoke pot right before leaving her with his newborn baby?!”
I only babysit for them a couple of times, then I heard they’d started hiring the son of some other friends of ours. I knew that guy, who was about 15, would be happy to share some pot with the dad. As far as I know, the parents got divorced a few years after that, but the kids grew up just fine.
#29
The kid would only take his tylenol up the butt. Thankfully the fever stayed under 100.4 so I never had to actually do the medicine insertion.
I had been babysitting the child for several years on a weekly basis, and have had the healthcare training for things like that, but it was still an uncomfortable request!
Lyone Fein 1 year ago
For children who cannot swallow pills (l couldn't): crush the pill between two spoons then mix the powder with spoon full of applesauce or the child's favorite jam. No butt pills needed!
Jaya 1 year ago
Only do this if it says in the leaflet that it's safe to do so. Some pills (including some Tylenol products) contain ingredients that can do damage to your body if you take them crushed or chew on them.
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Melissa Ebling 1 year ago
But professor, I can't swallow that pill! Good news! It's a suppository
Voxxy 1 year ago
Professor : This is humiliating and invasive! Now....if it could only be put into the form of a suppository....
Load More Replies... Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
I hated having to give my little one a suppository when she was sick just for the simple fact of how uncomfortable it had to of been.
Red_panda 1 year ago (edited)
It can't be that bad, my daughter used to get really constipated. And the medicine for it apparently tasted really bad. Well one time it got so bad the medicine wasn't working, so I bad to give her an enema. It was super uncomfortable for me. But the next time she needed the medicine she said she didn't want to take it cuz it was gross, and can't I just her an enema instead? I was like, uh no. Absolutely not.
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Lyoness 1 year ago
I'm not sure if this is a response to the post or another comment, but if it's to the post I think it's reasonable for a babysitter to be uncomfortable doing this.
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When I was in 9th grade I babysat for a Jewish family but I was completely ignorant of Jewish customs at that time in my life. So without giving me any explanation, they simply told me “you’ll need to set the table with an extra plate”. I was like, is there another child idk about in the basement? Did somebody die recently and the kids are in mourning? Are we expecting company? After 3 consecutive days of this strange request I finally asked a kid who the extra placesetting was for, and that’s when they told me it was for “Messiah”. I said who’s Messiah? (Thinking it was a real family member, not THE MESSIAH, and I probably looked really stupid) Lol. They never asked me to babysit again after that.
Anna Ekberg 1 year ago
Why not explain WHY you are asking people do stuff that might seem strange to others?
Theora Fifty-five Johnson 1 year ago
I knew a babysitter I hired was Jewish, didn't realize the family kept kosher; the only thing for her to eat was an apple. Felt bad about that, but glad I had apples.
Rob D 1 year ago
A place setting for an imaginary friend. And you're the strange one. So tired of religion. So f*****g tired.
Lyoness 1 year ago
Hey, whatever works for you. Wouldn't it be nice if we didn't have to call each other strange for believing whatever we want as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else?
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LGBTQpanda 1 year ago
That would have been the perfect time for them to explain and give you insight into their beliefs. It's surprisingly that they wouldn't take that opportunity to share.
Yuri Russonovitch 1 year ago
I'm jewish grew up orthodox and I've never heard of that practice!
Max Fox 1 year ago
This is not standard, and I have never heard of leaving a seat for "the Messiah". At the Passover Seder some people leave a seat for Elijah and they often have one a circumcision. However that is not a daily thing or even a weekly thing. Traditionally in Judaism, the Messiah is the hereditary king of the people of Israel, and really not somebody who visits everybody's home. In fact, they sound a bit like Messianic Jews (AKA "Jews for Jesus") who believe that Jesus was the Messiah, and so is expected to visit homes. However Messianic Jews are just Christians as they imagine that Christians were before Paul.
Rinso The Red 1 year ago
Sounds like they're referring to an extra place setting for the prophet Elijah. Fun fact, "messiah" refers to the "anointed one", and was a title applied to most prophets and kings in Jewish history. It was the Christians who co-opted the term to specifically mean Jesus.
#31
Babysitting turned into living with me. It was not a verbal request but she left them with me and i never got paid in full at the end. One kid was on meds i even got them refilled, took kids to doctor,doctor for check ups, to school, fed them etc ..basically i was broke because i have kids of my own.
#32
When I was 13, I used to babysit a neighbor's 3-year old boy who lived two doors down from us. I was sitting in a rocking chair watching him play on the floor at my feet and he looked up and asked innocently "Can I play with your toes?" I was repulsed and immediately replied with a resounding "Ewww...No"! He absolutely couldn't understand why I wouldn't let him because, he said, "Momma let's me play with her toes".
Regina Holt 1 year ago
Maybe mom could have warned the babysitter, but there are worse things for the kid to want to do
Jeevesssssss 1 year ago
As long as you don't chew my toenails, feel free. Btw my toes bend backwards at the mid-joint so have fun with that!
Ambry Petersen 1 year ago
As someone who's had small children, I have to say that is actually not a weird thing. I've had far weirder things happen. Like when the baby suddenly and unexpectedly for no reason sticks their fingers up your nose, (which of course leads hand washing for said small child) . Teething baby randomly biting my chin. Thankfully the weirdest stuff has only happened with my children, not any of the ones I've babysat.
Shawnna Clement 1 year ago
That's not weird. My kid pulls my socks off to play bare footsie. It would be different if I had nasty feet. It's not like the kid wanted to play with her butt or b**bs.
Skylar Jaxx 1 year ago
That's normal. And to repulsed is weird. But some people don't like feet.
#33
When I was 13, I babysat a one-year old boy. His parents were very nice, not like the others I’ve read about on this thread. Just sweet people. One night, while the kid’s parents were out, I read a book to the little boy and then put him on his changing table for a diaper change before bed. As I was changing the diaper, he rolled right off the changing table and fell about 3 feet to the floor, banging his head pretty hard. He screamed and cried, but I finally got him to relax and go to bed. He seemed to be OK. There was no bleeding or anything. But it was a pretty bad fall. I never told the parents. Maybe he had a bruise the next day, but I never heard about it. I can’t remember if they ever asked me to sit him again, but I definitely sat him more than once. Not sure if that was the last time. I’ve always worried that I may have caused some damage. Once, decades later, I looked the kid up on Facebook, and it looks like he’s kind of a loser, though both of his parents were smart people. I wonder if that had anything to do with the fall he suffered when I was supposed to be taking care of him. Probably not, but what if?
Anna Ekberg 1 year ago
The child should have been taken to the ER at once, never let them fall asleep if they banged their head.
Shawnna Clement 1 year ago
I wasn't prepared for an infant that was born able to roll. At 2 weeks, he rolled over a pillow and across a queen size bed when I was using the bathroom. Luckily, I was in the en suite and was able to catch him. So, I started putting him on a blanket in the floor until I lost him a little over a month later. Not prepared me for a crawling 2 months old, then a walking 8 month old. We couldn't even keep him in a crib because he'd climb out at 6 months. That kid is why I have grey hair!
Krystal Quigley 1 year ago
It is called hyper flexible. I heard a neonatal nurse yell "catch her" while they were still cleaning off the amniotic fluid
Load More Replies... weatherwitch 1 year ago
That wee bairn should have been taken immediately to A&E. Also the OP was 13, really too young to be baby sitting a baby. My nana only baby sat me once and she dropped me on my head. My mother never let her babysit me ever again...
Bernie j. Janinsky 1 year ago
Sadly, the average 13YO doesn't know this (call 911 after a fall.) Come to think of it, too many 23YOs, 33YOs, etc don't know this. Or Care.
ILoveMySon 1 year ago
I never used a changing table. I only used the floor with a blanket and changing pad. Not only for my son but all children I babysat.
#34
I remember I was babysitting for a lady who contacted me on Care.com, and she had asked me to give a bath to her youngest child after feeding them dinner. I'd never been asked that before, so I was completely taken aback by her asking me that. She even showed me where the soap and towels where. I ended up not having to do it, because she got home early, but I definitely won't put myself in that situation again. I feel like it's very inappropriate to ask that of a babysitter who's babysitting your child for the first time. To clarify I had babysitted before, but it was my first time babysitting for her.
Jennifer Smith 1 year ago
I thought it was normal for a babysitter to bathe a child they are watching if the child is too young to do it themselves
BlueCat 1 year ago
Times have changed and it's not appropriate anymore to bathe a child while babysitting, unless you have an established relationship and understanding with the parents.
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Antonia 1 year ago
The other side around. When my youngest was 6 months old I would bring him to the sitter. She had three kids of her own. The kids were so happpy to bath him. Under supervision of the mother of course. Like they had a living doll... lol. My kid was very happy there and when I picked him up after work he was fed, bathed and tired... Great sitter.
Anna Ekberg 1 year ago
How many times should one babysit before being asked to bathe the child?
Lyoness 1 year ago
Up to the parents I'd say. Lots of factors - how long have they known them, did they have references, is their kid comfortable with them...
Load More Replies... Cydney Golden 1 year ago
My daughter took a babysitting/CPR class before she was allowed to babysit. They should be everywhere.
#35
I was babysitting for my mom’s friend. I’ve babysat this girl since she was 6 months (Shes two now). The mom told me they were starting to potty train her and to ask the girl if she had to potty frequently. The little girl (I’ll call her Amy) asked if she could go potty. The mom said, “Lets show Cori how well you go potty!” I rolled with it but felt very awkward. The mom showed me a stack of books she had for Amy when she was on the potty and then asked me to read them to her when she was on the potty. Amy asked to watch TV and her mom said, “Not today, but Cori will give you a bath.” She looked at me and told me how Amy had gotten a hold of markers and was a mess, so would I please clean her up and put nice clothes on her? I agreed to do all of this because the mom was paying me REALLY well. I come from a VERY modest family. I wasn’t comfortable seeing other kids naked and felt really awkward. TL;DR- The weirdest request I ever received was a parent asking me to read to their child on the toilet.
Jeevesssssss 1 year ago
This is really sad. Seeing kids naked really shouldn't be remotely problematic. It's like breastfeeding- there's literally NOTHING sexual about it. You aren't doing ANYTHING wrong by watching a naked child unless you're actively abusing that child or getting off to that child. And kids deserve to be taught about toileting and washing without shame.
Elladine DesIsles 1 year ago
This doesn't make any sense. If OP had been babysitting the child since she was six months old, and up until the time she started potty training, she has to have changed the child's diapers (nappies) many times. She would still have been changing diapers while potty training was beginning. How can she be uncomfortable seeing this child naked and how would bathing her be more exposed than changing a diaper?
David 1 year ago
The problem here is the babysitter. Nothing weird about distracting a child while they potty train. They even make child potty seats with built in distractions. Nothing weird about bathing a 2 year old. And the markers - several of my grandkids have been there. Not sure why but drawing on themselves or a sibling is a thing.
Regina Holt 1 year ago
Potty training is just something that kids go through. Baby sitters should continue any decent request from parents
Rebecca A. Corvello 1 year ago (edited)
This is stupid. I worked in a daycare and this was literally the definition of 'taking care of a child'. If you are unable to take care of a child in all of the capacities, then you should not be a babysitter.
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Anna Ekberg 1 year ago (edited)
I remember the first time i babysat for my nephew, i was 12 and he was 3 months old. My sister and her SO went to a party, around 10 my nephew woke up screaming. I tried everything i could think of to calm him down and nothing worked, i had to call my sister on the number she left me ( no mobiles then) and tell her what happend. I was sitting with my screaming nephew on my lap when he takes a huge shît all over my lap and falls straight to sleep. It was not a good night for me. 💩
Barbara Panda 1 year ago
A new family moved in down the street from us when I was about 12. I rode the bus with the boy who lived there and he was around 7-8. I get over there to babysit and there is a toddler also. No problem, extra kid. Mother tells me what to feed them and their bedtimes. After 3 HOURS, I hear crying upstairs. Whole a*s newborn up here I didn't know about. They also came back home at 2am when they said they would be home by 10pm. CRAZY.
Be_ Heard 1 year ago
Whaaaaaat?? An entire child was hidden upstairs and they didn't even bother to tell you?? They are insane. I hope your night went OK tho and the kids grew up ok lol
Load More Replies... Robin Roper 1 year ago
I babysat every day for 5 days for a family who had just moved to our town; they knew no one but he worked with my dad, so I got the job. There were 3 children, I don't remember the ages, but I was there from 8 until 5 each day. Other than some olives, a partial box of water crackers, and a hunk of blue cheese all in the refrigerator, there was no food in the house. Each day I was given some cash and told to walk the kids to a neighborhood cafe/market about 3 blocks away and buy hotdogs for out lunch - 1 hotdog per person. There was nothing for snacks. I found the entire thing hard to believe; what did they eat?!
Lynn Morello 1 year ago
I have had 6 kids and never needed a babysitter, I never went out without my kids.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I imagine that must have been stressful for you! I am one of 5 and taking all five of us out was difficult at times, especially when the second youngest was a runner with adhd. Our babysitters, when we had them (rare until my parents split) were usually were either my brother's carers (two were disabled) or ex-carers.
Load More Replies... Anna Ekberg 1 year ago (edited)
I remember the first time i babysat for my nephew, i was 12 and he was 3 months old. My sister and her SO went to a party, around 10 my nephew woke up screaming. I tried everything i could think of to calm him down and nothing worked, i had to call my sister on the number she left me ( no mobiles then) and tell her what happend. I was sitting with my screaming nephew on my lap when he takes a huge shît all over my lap and falls straight to sleep. It was not a good night for me. 💩
Barbara Panda 1 year ago
A new family moved in down the street from us when I was about 12. I rode the bus with the boy who lived there and he was around 7-8. I get over there to babysit and there is a toddler also. No problem, extra kid. Mother tells me what to feed them and their bedtimes. After 3 HOURS, I hear crying upstairs. Whole a*s newborn up here I didn't know about. They also came back home at 2am when they said they would be home by 10pm. CRAZY.
Be_ Heard 1 year ago
Whaaaaaat?? An entire child was hidden upstairs and they didn't even bother to tell you?? They are insane. I hope your night went OK tho and the kids grew up ok lol
Load More Replies... Robin Roper 1 year ago
I babysat every day for 5 days for a family who had just moved to our town; they knew no one but he worked with my dad, so I got the job. There were 3 children, I don't remember the ages, but I was there from 8 until 5 each day. Other than some olives, a partial box of water crackers, and a hunk of blue cheese all in the refrigerator, there was no food in the house. Each day I was given some cash and told to walk the kids to a neighborhood cafe/market about 3 blocks away and buy hotdogs for out lunch - 1 hotdog per person. There was nothing for snacks. I found the entire thing hard to believe; what did they eat?!
Lynn Morello 1 year ago
I have had 6 kids and never needed a babysitter, I never went out without my kids.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I imagine that must have been stressful for you! I am one of 5 and taking all five of us out was difficult at times, especially when the second youngest was a runner with adhd. Our babysitters, when we had them (rare until my parents split) were usually were either my brother's carers (two were disabled) or ex-carers.
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