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So, so tired says
Anyone want to share how you got your kid to sleep through the night, and at what age? I haven’t had success with anything I’ve tried and am looking for some new ideas.
TK says
Sleep training, 8 months. And it was brutal for 2 nights but blissful since. I know it’s not for everyone and its a hot-button topic, but I finally took the plunge after I was so sleep deprived from waking up 3-4 times a night that I ended up driving baby all the way to school without buckling him in to car-seat. I’m sure work etc. was suffering during that time period as well, but when presented with the very real safety risks of sleep deprivation, I realized something needed to be done.
Prior to sleep training, routine was, baby would cry, I’d go in, he’d nurse for 2 minutes then he’d fall back asleep until, of course, I tried to put him back into the crib. Nurse for another 2 minutes, fall asleep. 45 minutes later I’d successfully get him back down. Then he’d wake up an hour later, routine would repeat. He wasn’t really hungry, just hadn’t learned to self-sooth yet.
So, sleep training. We did his usual routine, put him down to bed, and waited 2 hours for his usual first wake-up time. My husband went in to comfort him and set him back down, and the kid screamed for 45 minutes. He was NOT happy to see dad. I left the house and went for a walk. Second night he screamed for 20 minutes. Third night, he woke up, sat up and entertained himself for a while, then fell back asleep. Great sleeper since, except for brief stints when he’s teething, sick, etc.
been there says
TK is right, it’s a hot button topic but I feel like the people who are most opposed to it are either those who insist at being martyrs even when everything is falling apart around them and/or those who don’t understand the nuanced forms sleep training can take. As TK implied, once your kid learns to sleep/fall back asleep you know immediately when something is wrong in the middle of the night (teething, illness) and can respond accordingly. Plus sleep is so, so important for everyone’s well being and development.
been there says
We hired a sleep trainer at 7 months. We kept a log, had some phone consults with her, she came up with a plan, we checked with the ped to make sure baby was totally healthy (no ear infections, etc. that we didn’t know about) and executed the plan, checking in with her daily for like a week to tweak a few things. Probably cost about $200 and can be done from anywhere thanks to the telephone/FaceTime. It’s not rocket science, but it’s nice to have someone holding your hand which doesn’t happen if you just read a book. We used the knowledge we learned from her on our second child.
There was some crying involved in the plan we used (there are various techniques depending on parents’ wishes and tolerance for crying) but honestly, my kid cried more when I redirected him to prevent him from playing with the oven so when put in perspective the crying wasn’t so bad. And there would have been more crying, cumulatively speaking, if we hadn’t taught him how to sleep and self soothe and he continued to wake up multiple times a night for who knows how long.
Most sleep trainers will talk to you around 6 months, some start at 4 months.
EB0220 says
With my older daughter, I used the Sleep Lady Shuffle around 14 months. It took longer, but seemed more gentle than CIO. I actually just started sleep training with my second (almost 15 months). I’m using Dr Jay Gordon’s method for night weaning and then I will do the Sleep Lady Shuffle with her, too. I tried pick up/put down with my oldest and that didn’t work well for us. I also read the No Cry Sleep Solution, but it wasn’t concrete enough for me.
Ro says
At 1 year, I decided DD was old enough for sleep training, so I used the Ferber method. (We co-slept because I was bfing and she ate a lot overnight rather than at daycare, then it just got routine to cuddle her to sleep. But she was a restless sleeper and I needed my bed back to myself.) I bought the book, read up on forums, and generally did it exactly as prescribed. Let me tell you, it was brutal. I hate hearing from people whose kids only cried for 20 minutes the first night and then slept like a dream. My kid screamed for over 2 hours for the first 4-5 nights and then got slowly better from there. I think it took 2-3 weeks total to finally train her, and I felt like I was torturing my kid the entire time.
I have no advice, other than just pick a method and stick it out. Maybe you have a strong-willed kid who will take longer to train. Maybe you’ll decide it’s not worth the hassle. But know that not everyone has the easy time that books and forums seem to say.
PinkKeyboard says
Probably not very helpful… but blind luck. She started sleeping 7:30 to 5 every night at about 2.5 months (and I get up for work at 4:30) so I call it a win. I do formula feed but I didn’t restrict her nighttime eating.
TwinMom says
Our pediatrician gave us the green light to sleep train at 4 months, so at 4 months to the day, we did CIO at bedtime. One of our boys cried for 87 minutes. Not going to sugar coat it, I cried for 86 minutes without my eyes leaving the monitor once. But after the first night the crying times dropped dramatically, though never completely went away until they were around 2 when the crying would last for a minute or two (and now they just chat instead of cry when we leave the room at bedtime). Both boys were down to a single overnight feeding by 4 months, usually around 5am, and by 4.5 months had both completely dropped that feed and were sleeping 6:30 – 6:30/7 consistently. That is, until the first cold/teething, etc. Sleep training is not usually a one time gig, and after a bout of a stomach bug around 7 months (requiring about a week of going into their room soothe the babies multiple times per night) it took us a good 6 weeks to realize that we were back to being sleep deprived messes and had to do CIO again. It was never as bad as that first time, but we still notice now, at almost 2.5 that if the boys are sick/have a bad night and we go into their rooms, they wake up crying the next few nights at almost the exact same time as the night before, and we have to let them CIO again and re-learn to self-soothe before they go back to a solid overnight sleep.
Anon in NYC says
We sleep trained at about 14 weeks using CIO. Our pediatrician says that 2 month olds can be sleep trained but we just weren’t ready at that point. Our daughter has always been a pretty good sleeper and went to bed reasonably easily, but she was still waking up once a night at around 4am. The first night was awful. She woke up at 4am and cried for an hour. She eventually fell back asleep, mostly due to exhaustion, I think. She then woke up at 6am and cried for an hour. I went in to get her at 7am because I felt like that was a normal wakeup time. The second night she woke up once and cried for 10-15 minutes, maybe a little less. The third night she slept through the night.
Like TwinMom said, it’s an ongoing process. If I deviate from CIO (if she’s sick, if I think something is wrong, etc.), I have to return to those principles when the issue is resolved.
SC says
Our pediatrician also recommended sleep training at 4 months. At that time, our son was doing 1-2 overnight feeds and sleeping in our room. Week 1 we moved him to his own room/crib but responded to middle of the night cries and did not restrict overnight feeding. But I think we got lucky because almost immediately, he started falling asleep better, waking up less, and going back to sleep almost immediately. Week 2 we were planning to stop responding to wake-ups and dropping the overnight feeding, but by then he wasn’t waking up anymore (unless a limb was stuck between the crib rails, which of course we fixed). Getting him to go to sleep was a bit harder, but not much. We went in at 3, 5, and 10 minute intervals, but he rarely made it to the 10-minute interval before going to sleep. DS is almost 6 months now, sleeps 12-13 hours, and goes down without crying at all most nights now, and he sometimes even reaches for his crib while we’re rocking/swaying with him before we put him down.
I realize how very awesome this is. I had a hard pregnancy (4 months of debilitating morning sickness, preterm contractions at 31 weeks, one month of bedrest, and baby born at 35 weeks).
WC says
A friend recommended the Sleep Easy Solution to us and we loved it. I found it was really easy to follow and I liked that there is a schedule for going to check on the baby. It also goes up to age 5 so we still use it occasionally.
ELL says
Sleep training using Dr. Weissbluth’s book at about 5 months. The evening soothing routine (which wasn’t working) involved my going in to quiet my son about every 45 minutes for several hours. There was less overall crying when we switched to sleep training–honestly, just 20-30 minutes for a few nights. Then he got it.
CHJ says
Very silly question for the wise toddler moms out there — how seriously should I take my 2 year old’s insistence that he wants to be a pony, not a chicken, for Halloween? I bought him a chicken costume at Costco, but he refuses to try it on (other than the hat. He’s wearing the chicken hat everywhere.) And now he says he wants to be a pony. Should I throw down the $40 for a pony costume, or is there a way to convince him to be the chicken?
FWIW, he loves both ponies and chickens. And I have no way of knowing if he’ll actually wear a $40 pony costume if I order it. And I didn’t think he actually knew anything about Halloween, but apparently he does. Thoughts?
mascot says
I’d buy the pony costume and let him be happy about that. If nothing else, he will have awesome costumes for dress up (which my son still love at 5).
Maddie Ross says
All I can say is that if your child is in daycare/preschool, they totally know about Halloween at 2. Mine sure does. About a month ago, mine started asking to be Curious George. Not a monkey, Curious George. She is dead set on it. I think her teachers and the other children must talk about it at school. If your LO is like mine, they may not love the pony, but I would tend to guess there is no way that won’t involve tears and misery that you’ll get them to be a chicken at this point. Gotta love toddler stubbornness.
Meg Murry says
My kids are a little older, but they have each changed their minds about Halloween costumes multiple times already. Luckily, we have a pretty extensive dress-up box (FYI – buy clearance costumes post-Halloween for Christmas presents!) and my 4 year old came up with something he wanted to be out of pieces we already had, and my 8 year old also repurposed, and crafted with the help of his grandmother. I am not 100% certain that I’ll get them to wear their costumes they chose this weekend by Halloween, but they’ll chose something out of the dress up box and we’ll go with it.
Before you buy a pony costume, can you show him the picture on your computer and confirm that’s what he wants? If he’s being this stubborn and specific, he may have something in mind (a specific color, or something like a My Little Pony) and still might refuse the pony costume if it isn’t what he wants. My younger son has a little boy in his class 6 months older than him, and he wants to do everything that boy does – so I could see my son declaring he wanted to be a pony for Halloween if “Joey” had said he was going to be a pony. Or maybe there was a book the teacher read with a character that dressed up as a pony, so he has in his head that that’s what you do on Halloween, dress up as ponies?
Or he might love it right up until Halloween and then refuse to put it on the day of. Both of my kids did that the Halloween closest to their 3rd birthday. I agree that it would be better if it was something he could re-use to play dress up. My kids’ favorite dress up items are costume pieces that are just hoodies – one is a penguin and one is a giraffe.
Or maybe you could talk him into one of those pony-on-a-stick and a cowboy hat?
Anonymous says
I say give up on getting him to wear the body of the chicken costume and take him out wearing the hat and normal clothes. There’s absolutely no guarantee he’ll wear the pony costume if he gets one, but you know he’s happy to wear the chicken hat.
TBK says
As the mom of two toddlers, I get the dilemma, but please please please copy and paste this discussion to save for when he’s older! There’s something so hilariously and quintessentially toddler about loving ponies and chickens, but wanting to be a pony not a chicken for Halloween, oh but the chicken hat is totally fine.
anon says
Can you make a pony costume for less than $40? Doesn’t have to be professional looking – I bet some cardboard could do it.
hoola hoopa says
I’d take him out in the chicken hat.
Anonymama says
I would not get the pony costume. Find a few of the best chicken books you have/can borrow and read them as much as you can, possibly while also wearing chicken hat and being Very Entertaining.
NYC says
Hi everyone, I am gearing up for my first kiddo in a few months. Anyone have thoughts on the City Mini GT for getting around a mostly-walking city like NYC? Also, do most people get the car seat/snap-n-go for the first few months, or just do carriers and then stroller? TIA!
Clementine says
Caveat is that baby is still cooking, but I actually just got this stroller (which we had researched and registered for) given to me last night. I assembled it in about 3 minutes (2 of which were spent finding the directions…). After a LOT of research and comparison (if you ever want to make quick purchases, avoid marrying an engineer), we’re really happy with it.
Pros: Super light, very maneuverable, in our price range, adjustable handle (so many strollers were too short for my husband and I!), folds easily with one hand and stores really well. I am easily able to carry it up a flight of stairs by myself with one hand (yes, I did do this last night) and it fits in a trunk very easily. It’s also good for uneven terrain and goes over curbs quite easily.
Cons: Doesn’t convert to a double stroller and there’s not an option for Kiddo to face you once they’re out of their carseat. The biggie is that the down below basket isn’t huge and you’re not supposed to hang anything off the handles (it’s actually like this on all strollers, but this one is super light and consequently a little tippier). This might be an issue for you if you’re relying on the stroller to carry your groceries back.
Anonymous says
There was a long discussion about this a week or two ago, that might be helpful!
Briefly – we have a snap n go and I hated it in NYC. The sidewalks aren’t even and it makes for a bumpy ride. We still use it when we go to target or something.
Tunnel says
^wss about the long discussion a few days ago in the comments. It compared the City Mini GT and the Uppababby Cruz. I had a Britax B-Safe infant car seat and bought the Baby Jogger Britax B-Safe Single Car Seat Adapter of Amazon that allowed me to just pop the car seat on and off of the stroller. It was easy and convenient. PS I love my City Mini GT.
OP says
Thanks all!
TBK says
Just had a frustrating and unsettling meeting with the county services coordinator for early intervention for my son. I think I mentioned before that Twin A had been diagnosed with low muscle tone (and actually Twin B probably has it, too, and if they diagnosed these things back in the day it’s very likely Mom and Dad, neither of whom have ever been natural athletes, would have gotten the diagnosis too). When we took him in for his full evaluation to qualify for services when he was 13 months, he was found to have a delay in both gross motor skills and speech. On cognitive, social/emotional, and fine motor skills he was at either 13 or 15 months. He’s now had physical therapy for six months and is walking fairly well, which great since at 13 months he was mostly still army crawling. But he hasn’t really progressed with speech at all. He makes a few sounds — clicking his tongue, making T noises, and making lots of vowel sounds — but has never said any words and does very little non-verbal expressive speech (e.g., pointing at things). So he’s now getting speech therapy too. He’s only 19 months so it’s so early and my husband was a very late talker but famously said no words and then suddenly started talking in complete, easily understood sentences of moderate complexity, using articles, pronouns, and direct and indirect objects. He went on to attend a T14 law school and is an accomplished attorney so clearly language is not an issue for him and he was just biding his time until he was ready to talk.
I was just really frustrated with the way the county coordinator talked with me. She kept asking about how I felt and what I wanted. What I want is for my son to get what services, if any, he needs to help him reach his potential, whether that potential is to be at or above normal for his age for his various milestones, or something less than that but whatever is appropriate. Being a lawyer with very little experience with childhood development beyond my own two kids, I have absolutely zero idea of what that means. I read online that most 18 month olds can say like 30-50 words and learn multiple new words daily. And that is so not either of my children. Twin B says one or two words, but not consistently, but he does “talk” a lot by using tone and pointing and is definitely communicating with us very clearly. So is that normal? Is that delayed, too? And really what I want to know is whether we’re looking at a long-term issue or something that will have basically cleared up by the time they’re 5 or so. And I realize that’s hard to tell, but jeez asking me how I feel my son is doing is so completely useless. Why have someone with training in early childhood development here to talk to me if you can’t give me any info whatsoever?
So, yes, venting a bit, but also wondering if anyone else had a kid with similar issues and what your experience was. We’re also thinking of getting Twin B evaluated because while he’s further along than Twin A in many areas, it’s still not clear he’s not delayed in some ways. I’m just struggling with not wanting to be the mom who says “oh, there’s nothing wrong with MY child” and being the mom who says “oh my God, my kid’s not doing X, Y, and Z exactly when my friend’s kid is doing them so I need to get an army of therapists stat!” Meanwhile, the woman from the county wanted to designate Twin B as “special needs” for the county schools right now so he’ll be eligible for services after he turns 3. Given that he knows all his colors and shapes, and can do puzzles aimed at much older children even though he’s just 19 months, I don’t want to stick him with that label. I realize that special needs covers a wide range of abilities, and if he ultimately needs special needs services for anything, I’m happy to have him get that help, but I’m also wary of labeling him now when by 3 this all might be moot. (I don’t think that “special needs” should be stigmatizing, but I do worry that it may be nonetheless once he starts school and I don’t want any teachers having lowered expectations of him because of that label.) Ugh, just feeling really frustrated, worried, and also kind of meta-worried about being “that” kind of mom.
TK says
I completely sympathize. I would be completely frustrated by a medical professional (or at least, someone intended to give advice on a medically related issue) asking how I “feel” and what I “want.” I changed OB’s when the one I had first picked out kept wanting to talk to me about my feelings when the first few pregnancy scans came back with potential problems (thankfully, none actually materialized.)
I suppose the best response would be to tell her what you’re telling us: My feelings are irrelevant. If my son is behind, I want him to have the services he’ll need to reach his potential. What steps do I need to take to make that happen?
I wouldn’t worry too much about the label associated with Twin B – I’ve done work with lots of kids that received a label at some point – they’re re-evaluated often, and it isn’t at all uncommon for kids to receive treatments sufficient to test out of ‘special needs’ services. In my experience, there really isn’t a real risk of harm in having him labeled with low expectations from teacher for the end of time.
Meg Murry says
I agree on the special needs label. Would it help in your mind if you revised it to “eligible for services”? Because that’s really all it means. And the other part of it is that I believe early intervention is defined as “birth to 3”. If you wait until he turns 3 to determine if he needs services, it would be through a different agency (maybe the public schools? or maybe you’d have to pay for a private evaluation?) and it is harder to qualify. So I think what she is advising is “let him be classified as special needs, so that if he needs more help he can get it. If you wait until he’s older, there might be more hoops to jump through”
One of my good friends is preschool teacher, in a program that is supposed to be half students with special needs (wide range of variability, from autism to mild speech disorder) and half “typically developing peers”. She says that most years, almost half of her “typically developing” kids wind up on IEPs as well for speech, so by the end of the 3 year old class, its more like 3/4 to 1/4 – but by the time they are ready to start kindergarten, most of the kids have recevied so many services that the majority are no longer classified as special needs once they go to kindergarten – or if they still retain the classification it’s only for once a week speech therapy or similar.
I understand your frustration, but just be aware that “special needs” is an extremely broad category now, and I don’t think it’s going to stigmatize him when he’s 3 – it might just be more like your husband’s story “oh yes, he was a late talker, but now look at how genius he is”
FVNC says
I also sympathize. My 2 year old is part of our county’s early intervention program (she qualified automatically because of low birth weight, but subsequently had various evaluations that indicated significant developmental delays and possible ASD risks). Based on those evaluations, she started speech therapy around 19 months, and it’s been hugely helpful. At the outset of therapy, we (husband and I) had to set goals for the next six months, which I thought was ridiculous for the same reason as you — I had no idea what reasonable goals were. Her speech therapist has become a great resource about what my child needs and where she should be; the therapist basically feeds me lines to report back to the early intervention coordinator. Maybe your therapist can be a similar resource?
We are seeing a developmental pediatrician next Friday so I’m happy to report back about our experience if you’re interested. I don’t know if we’ll get any answers (may be too early for a diagnosis?) but I’m hopeful the dev ped will be more helpful than our super-laid back, “don’t worry about it” general pediatrician.
All that to say…I don’t have any answers, but am constantly in a state of low-level stress and worry (while simultaneously recognizing how lucky we our that there is nothing more seriously wrong) and I understand how upsetting it can be to feel like the professionals are not giving you the help you need.
mascot says
My son was slow to talk. At two, he didn’t say much, but we took a wait and see approach. By three, he was chattering away, but no one could understand him. At his three year appt, his doctor asked what my feelings were and I said that I thought something was wrong. We got a referral for speech evaluation and therapy immediately. I think they ask the parents what their feelings are because they only see your child in a short burst and a parent is much more in tune with where the child is in relation to their peers. Trust your gut, if you think something is up, let them know.
Speech therapy can last for a while; we started at 3 and I anticipate still being in it at least through next year (1st grade). We had to go the IEP route to qualify for services through the county school system which is the method they use to qualify students for a variety of learning services. Just handle this as it comes and don’t worry about their labels.
EP-er says
Hugs — it is frustrating, more so with twins I think, since you have a direct comparison of someone the exact same age with the exact same genes and home environment. My son was a serious late talker — he would have been the three year old that started talking in complete sentences, like my brother. But we got him evaluated and services until he was 3 and a half and it worked out. (We were also told he had low muscle tone, but didn’t do any OT/PT for that, just home stuff. Watch the W sitting!) There is no “stigma” of him having gone through the Early Intervention services — and I don’t think that his teacher this year even knows that he used to get services.
I don’t know how she was asking the questions, but I think that your response is reasonable! Instead of talking to the county coordinator, you should talk to the speech therapist. He will be able to let you know not what is “normal” but what the range of “normal” is. And you can come up with an IEP that focuses more on communication and less on speech — those are legitimate goals.
The good thing is that you are getting him evaluated and the help that he needs. And the puzzles, color, shapes — he is smart and learning & focusing on different skills other than communication right now.
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/LateBlooming.htm
TBK says
Thanks everyone! As for the label, the county coordinator did say that the information would travel with him through 6th grade. But as someone pointed out, so many kids get so many types of services these days that if half the class has some kind of “special needs” designation in their file, it’s highly unlikely the teachers will attach much meaning to that when he’s, say, 8 years old. Also thanks for the suggestion to talk with the therapist herself. The physical therapist who’s been working with him was part of this consultation, but because it was a check-in for the county that’s facilitating the services, she talked a lot less. The PT is in our home once a week during the day, so it’s usually the au pair who’s meeting with the therapist (I think this is the way it usually works — they also send therapists to daycares, or wherever the kid hangs out during the day) and I try to work from home at least once a month to be present for a session, but have been on deadline at work and haven’t been able to be home as much as I’d like. But it’s worth trying to talk with her more frequently all the same. Twin A is going to be getting a speech therapist added to his services, starting as soon as they can find someone, and I’m happy to hear from people who’ve said it was helpful for their kids. And I do get that the parents’ input is important. It’s very clear to everyone who knows my son well — my husband, my MIL, the au pair, me — that Twin A is really into things like toys and figuring out how things work and fit together, and is much, much less into talking and communicating. I want him to have the services he needs, but I would also not be surprised if he woke up one morning and suddenly started talking up a storm just because he’d decided he wanted to start talking now.
MSJ says
Lots of thoughts as my twin son is also in EI and gets PT and speech services weekly
– I think all EI coordinators (whatever the official term is, cannot stay up with their special language) have to ask those parental goal questions. Just part of the forms. At that point we didn’t have any therapists to reference so our goals were things like crawling or getting to a developmentally appropriate verbal stage
– so hard not to compare to the other twin and figure out what is normal sibling variation and what’s an actual delay. This is where I am so happy professionals are involved and I try not to worry too much. Since the services are at home my daughter ends up participating in some of the sessions too, so I feel like she gets a residual benefit so long as the therapist is sufficiently focused on my son who needs the services
– labels. Completely sympathize and have the same conflicting feelings. I feel that it’s sometimes easier because I can point to a specific medical issue (hearing loss), although it’s far from straightforward and doesn’t account for the low muscle tone.
No answers, but lots of empathy from another twin mom in the same boat
TBK says
Yep, Twin B is definitely all in on participating in the sessions — sometimes too much (he’ll suck up every bit of adult attention in the room if you let him). Luckily Twin A’s therapist is all about incorporating siblings and letting it be a group activity while still making sure the kid receiving the services is getting what s/he needs.
PEN says
super late–but know that there are special education/early intervention lawyers who can walk you through all of this
Bunting says
I have a 12 month old who is just starting to walk. I am looking for a bunting that is appropriate for a newish walker. Ideally, it would have covers for hands and feet – so he can also wear it in the stroller. I also would like him to be able to play outside in the snow/rain – so warmth is key. I live in DC, so it definitely gets icy and cold here, but I don’t need to prepare for a Canadian or Northern Michigan winter (ah, I wish).
Recognizing that it will only be worn for one season, I don’t want to spend a fortune (less than $100), but as we spend a lot of time outside in the winter, I believe good warm gear is important.
POSITA says
We got a great 1 piece fleece bunting for our 1 year old at Old Navy last winter. It was great.
Anonymama says
This one looks good. http://m.rei.com/product/886061/rei-reversible-sherpa-fleece-suit-infant-boys
Also kids resale places can have really great, hardly used toddler winter stuff.
hoola hoopa says
+1 to all
JEB says
Randomly specific suggestion: If you can make it out to Bellies and Babies (Del Ray/Alexandria consignment store), they had a great 12-mo (or maybe 18-mo…I can’t recall) Patagonia snow suit for like $30. You can call and have them check to see if it’s still there, and they also have their inventory searchable online.
Anon says
Was just looking at Patagonia buntings on ebay. Maybe not as many choices as far as colors go, but definitely in your price range.
EP-er says
We has an awesome Jupa one-piece snow suit last year. It had detachable booties & gloves and matching hat that was so warm. We are in snow country, so might be too warm for you in DC… It was like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Jupa-Pacha-One-Piece-Toddler-Girls/dp/B013U1QTL4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1445449799&sr=8-2&keywords=jupa+pacha
EP-er says
Ugh — This was for Bunting above.
EB0220 says
Outside opinion check: My daughter has 2 daycare teachers (A & B). Teacher B has been babysitting for us somewhat regularly on Thursday nights. Both kids really like her, no complaints. I had asked Teacher A about babysitting a while ago, but hadn’t asked her yet. So this week I asked her to watch my girls on Thursday night. Thursdays are really the only night we have a babysitter, so this is the only opportunity really. I let Teacher B know that Teacher A was babysitting this week, and she got VERY upset and told me she wouldn’t babysit for us at all anymore because she is so hurt. My instinct is that I accidentally walked into some dynamic between the two teachers, but I also probably could have handled it a bit better. I told Teacher B that we love her and she didn’t do anything wrong, but we just like to have multiple people know the girls’ routines in case one babysitter is busy! Sigh….was I totally insensitive or is Teacher B totally dramatic?
mascot says
She’s being a little dramatic, BUT I think that this is one of the risks in dipping into the daycare pool for babysitters. It sounds like Teacher B is pretty comfortable being your go-to sitter for that night. If you want to have other sitters, then maybe try them out on another night. I also wouldn’t mention the sitters to each other. The teachers are really familiar with your kids and familiar with juggling multiple kids for meals/sleep so they probably won’t have any issues dealing with a nighttime routine.
Also, make sure your daycare doesn’t have some policy against using their teachers as sitters and keep it in mind when soothing hurt feelings. An unresolved spat could blow the whole deal for everyone