Topic : Daycare/Babysitters/Nannies

i think she just feels left out. if her brother is so cute he will get a lot of attention, and if she's quiet about how she feels, maybe her feelings just weren't recognised. so she felt like that for a while, but because she was a sweet girl, she kept it quiet, and it wasn't noticed. of course she has to learn to share the attention, but since she still likes and loves him that doesn't seem to be the problem. i'd say talk to her parents, and make sure that they know how she feels, and adress it, like spending time with her alone, and spending time with the baby AND with her, so she isn't left out every time, or most of the time. this of course applies to you to when you babysit them. i have a suggestion to what you can do with her. you could start reading with her, or learning letters, depending on what she has learned already in school. i have a six year old step daughter, and she just loves to sit down with me and read a book, because she likes to read, but also because she likes the attention, because at that moment when we're reading, she get's all my attention. so something like that could be nice, or start with math, like adding up. she likes that too. try some things that are new to her, that she will get a lot of attention with, that is really hers, and maybe she can start reading to the baby too, that might help her.

good luck,

annemiek

I have been nannying and babysitting since I was 15 I am 20 years old now. I just got a job offer and it was a mom who wanted 45-70 hours of care for $160 a week, and it made me really think, I am trying to have a baby right now and because of infertility its been hard but what makes me really think is how can a mother be away from there child all day and all night pretty much? 45-60 hours thats like insane I know if I ever have a baby that I would never not want to be with my child I didnt care if i had to live in a shelter....$160 a week too.. I am use to being paid 15 an hour but for some reason I want to take the job for the child... I dont know what to do what would you do????????

thanks for reading...

My husband and I recently changed  our 2 year olds daycare.  We loved the previous one but it was very

inconvienient to get to.  It has been a week and she is completely stressed out by this.  Although she seems to like her new providers she cries daily and even when we get home she continuously tells us she does not want to go there and that she would like to go back to the other place. We can handle that part but now it seems to even be effecting her sleep.  She is waking in the night, crying, and saying that she doesn't want to go there again. Our biggest fear is that we have made the wrong decision. Should we hang in there or bail?