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Babies on the Brain
Do you remember my coworker with the kid afraid of fireworks?
First of all that is all she talked about Tuesday - how he was so afraid of them and how funny it was.
But then she mentioned that they had gone to the parade for the 4th and she had forgotten to put any sunscreen on him and the poor thing got all burnt. So then, 10 minutes before time to leave, she mentions that she's thinking about taking him to the pool that night but isn't sure since he is so burnt and the kiddie pool at the aquatic center doesn't have any shade. We were all like "I wouldn't do that, he'll be miserable" and another cw said that she had gotten burnt on Saturday and then went to the pool on Sunday thinking she would be fine and she felt so horrible after and she really thought it was a bad idea. Cw didn't say anything.
Wednesday morning: cw tells us how she took the kid to the pool the night before and how hot and sunny it was. ::head-desk::
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Re: Do you remember my coworker with the kid afraid of fireworks?
Was this the 2 year old who sat in the corner trying to comfort himself while fireworks were going off?
Some people don't deserve to have children.
Heck, at the pool today, I had E covered in Sunblock, wearing a rash guard, and a hat... I still kept him out of the sun as much as possible.
Yep. That's him.
I feel so bad for this kid. Oh and she was going on and on the other day about how annoying he is sometimes and how she just wants to lay on the couch and any time she thinks about getting pg again she wants to throw up b/c it is so horrible and kids are so much work and blah blah blah. I wanted to throw something at her. Instead I just ruined my hearing by blasting my ipod loud enough to drown her out.
I should add that I don't see how he is so annoying to her since she claims he spends all day in his room watching Barny/Wiggles/etc on his tv and rarely comes out.
the whole time I'm reading this, I'm picturing my 2 year old nephew cowering in a corner and afraid (fireworks) and being miserable at the pool, and getting violently angry at your coworker. Do you have anything worthy of reporting her to child protective services? I'm probably overreacting, but some people really shouldn't ever have custody of children...
Mmmm...cake!
If you're overreacting, I'm right there with you. If she talks so offhandedly about this, I worry that there is more serious abuse or neglect going on. Breaks my heart.
Nothing really. And it sounds like the baby daddy is a good guy (though she b!tches about him all the time but usually I think it sounds like he is in the right) and it sounds like he takes good care of the kid. She tells a lot of stories about messing with the kid (like the ghost voice I mentioned last week) but they used to just sound kind of funny and maybe just a tad mean but lately they've been worse. I'm not sure why. I felt so bad for him when she posted about him freaking out so much from the fireworks and then that she was taking him again. I've never actually met the kid and honestly I think if I did I'd want to grab him and run off with him.
That's too bad; I'll never understand why people are mean to children, especially their own children. And I'd be right behind you on the grab-and-run-off thing!
Same here. My parents were foster parents during my teen years so I've heard a lot of horrible stories about what people do to their kids. I don't get it. This cw is really young and pretty immature and I think she just doesn't think things through all the way.