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Would you care if the evening babysitter...

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*suctioned your baby's nose?

*treated their cradle cap?

*gave them a bath?

--- without you saying to do so?

Someone we know what babysitting a 7 month old and did these things during the shift. I'm not sure if there was consent or not but it got me thinking.

I'd be ok with them putting saline drops into LOs nose if she needed. I'd expect a call/text to ask if it was ok. I wouldn't want them working in her cradle cap (now gone anyway) or bathing her

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  • Moozilla11Moozilla11 member
    I would be okay with all of it minus the bath unless they had permission. 
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  • ebd08ebd08 member
    I guess it would depend on how well I knew the babysitter.  It it was a close friend or relative, I probably wouldn't care at all; if it was someone we had just recently met it would kind of weird me out.
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  • livinirie84livinirie84 member
    Besides the cradle cap, the other two are normal things a caretaker of any kind would be expected to do.

    If he had a bunch of boogers I would expect someone to help him by sucking it out.

    If he had a poop explosion or got into something that made him dirty, I would hope whoever was watching would bathe him.

    I would be annoyed of these things got neglected.
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    Then to follow up...

    would it matter if the sitter was 13, 17, or  20?

    I would expect a nanny to do these things. I would expect a babysitter to tend to the emotional well being but not suction the baby's nose unless they ask and have experience.

    Our dd doesn't bathe every day so a full on bath just wouldn't be necessary.

     

     

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  • iluvmylabiluvmylab member

    imagelivinirie84:
    Besides the cradle cap, the other two are normal things a caretaker of any kind would be expected to do. If he had a bunch of boogers I would expect someone to help him by sucking it out. If he had a poop explosion or got into something that made him dirty, I would hope whoever was watching would bathe him. I would be annoyed of these things got neglected.

    This. 

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  • KeyLime81KeyLime81 member
    I babysat all the time in HS.  As a 15 year old, I had suctioned noses and given plenty of baths. :)  I never treated cradle cap though.  I wouldn't have know what to do unless the parents showed me.
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  • kelsea1031kelsea1031 member
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    Then to follow up...

    would it matter if the sitter was 13, 17, or  20?

    I would expect a nanny to do these things. I would expect a babysitter to tend to the emotional well being but not suction the baby's nose unless they ask and have experience.

    Our dd doesn't bathe every day so a full on bath just wouldn't be necessary.

     

     

    So if they had a poop explosion or something, still no bath?

    IMO, if I'm trusting this person as a babysitter, I'm trusting that they're smart/capable enough to either have experience suctioning a baby's nose or could figure it out. I'd be more irritated to come home and find that DD couldn't breathe out of her nose because it was so clogged up. Same with the bath.


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  • laken256laken256 member
    I would almost expect these things to be done if needed. Neither of my boys have ever had cradle cap, so I can't speak to that. But I would expect anyone old enough to watch my baby, would be responsible enough to bathe if needed or clean his nose. Truthfully I'd be irritated if I came home to find a stopped up baby and the sitter hadnt suctioned him. The bath would depend more on age, I think. Anyone who had experience would be fine if he needed a bath. A 13 yr old is kind of young imo to bathe him, but that's just bc I'd be worried that he would wiggle loose and get his head underwater. But with that said, my only sitters are ladies in the family that have had kids, so I would expect them to do all of this if needed. And if they wanted to give Ds a bath bc they just felt he needed it, I'd be very appreciative, even if I wasn't planning on a bath that day. I trust all of these women and they've all raised their own kids, so its nbd to me.
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    Then to follow up...

    would it matter if the sitter was 13, 17, or  20?

    I would expect a nanny to do these things. I would expect a babysitter to tend to the emotional well being but not suction the baby's nose unless they ask and have experience.

    Our dd doesn't bathe every day so a full on bath just wouldn't be necessary.

     

     

    So if they had a poop explosion or something, still no bath?

    IMO, if I'm trusting this person as a babysitter, I'm trusting that they're smart/capable enough to either have experience suctioning a baby's nose or could figure it out. I'd be more irritated to come home and find that DD couldn't breathe out of her nose because it was so clogged up. Same with the bath.


    poop explosions haven't been an issue. Yay cloth diapers. If there was one with a sitter I would expect her to be well wiped down but I'd bathe her when we got home.

     

    Edit to add that I'm obviously far from ready to share the care of our child.

     

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  • secretsoutsecretsout member
    None of these things would bother me in the least.



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  • cookinitupcookinitup member

    imageKeyLime81:
    I babysat all the time in HS.  As a 15 year old, I had suctioned noses and given plenty of baths. :)  I never treated cradle cap though.  I wouldn't have know what to do unless the parents showed me.

    THIS.  I only took care of one family's two boys though.  I wouldn't do those things if I didn't know the kids and family (mom) well.

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  • xraychick07xraychick07 member
    Sounds like a great babysitter to me. On the other hand, I'm a psycho and like to do everything myself so I make sure when I get a sitter that DD is bathed and in her PJs ready for bed....
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  • emilyerin13emilyerin13

    I would be okay with a sitter doing these things and would be happy that he/she was observant enough to know LO needed suctioning or needed a bath.  On the other hand, I wouldn't allow at 13YO to watch my kids but maybe an experienced 17YO.  If I trust this person enough to leave my LO with them then I trust them enough to do the tasks you mentioned (never dealt with cradle cap so I can't speak to that).  As PP have already said, I'd probably have LO bathed, dressed, etc. so unless there was a blowout the sitter wouldn't need to bathe LO.  Of course I'm a control freak and would [want] to spend an hour with the sitter going over all these types of things. 

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  • wychetswychets member
    If this person is babysitting DD I would be 100% comfortable with that person, and wouldn't mind if they did these things.
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