Hey!!!!!!!!! you sound just like ME.
My best friend of 32 years had a 6 year old daughter
when my family moved 2 doors down from her and
her family. Come spring break she needed a sitter for
her daughter and asked me if I would do it.
I told her yes being a sitter would be great that Penny
and I would have fun that week IF she was good, if not
she would be spending lots of time on the "time-out" stair
with NO toys or anything to play with.
Her mother liked me instantly because she KNEW right
then I was not going to be a push over even though I was
only 15 yrs old. Penny was the kind of child that could make
the sanest of people want to drink, calling her a "problem"
child would have been much to nice about it.
From that day until they moved away to Michigan I was their
ONLY babysitter for Penny, if I couldn't do it she would have
a major melt down and crying jag.
I was ALWAYS a firm, but fun baby sitter and all the kids liked it
when I was in "charge" because I made it fun for them, but they
also knew NOT to push me to far or I would not be the fun likable
sitter anymore.
It has been so long since I have had any dealings with young kids
that I don't know if my patience to do it would last long.
Originally Posted by
Havplenty
oh louise i am not a sad sally kinda person. this is just life and one deals with it. and YES i could use the velcro.
my brother's children need some exercises in listening. i'm gonna have to work with them on that next time they come stay with me. because i am not one who likes to keep telling children to stop doing what i told them to stop doing 5 minutes ago and 5 minutes before that. i am the time out - go take a nap - stop all that crying kinda auntie after i told you twice to stop it. yep send me all the velcro you can.