UO Thursday

reinedecajun · April 2014

So far today my opinion is my toddler is a asshole, but only at night. Also only every other night. I just dont know...

aylafsu88 · April 2014

I cannot understand the show Naked and Afraid and think the people who go on the show have some issues. I mean why would you want to be in the jungle naked? I get that you like camping but you can do it with clothes and with a tent/RV.

alphahelix · April 2014

I flipping hate onesies like this one, or ones that say "I"m a boob man" or whatever. I don't think they are supportive of breastfeeding at all. I actually feel like they sexualize it even more. Makes me cringe.

britbratjf · April 2014

@summergirl1211‌ I do a lot of reading during car naps (when I'm parked somewhere, not while driving obviously

). Also if Dagny wants to watch a movie I will read on my iPad while she watches the movie.

reinedecajun · April 2014

summergirl1211 said:
Not sure if this is really a UO, but I am constantly blown away at posts on here about new book suggestions. I'm sure I just have different priorities (ah hem... tv and sleeping) but I can't finish a book these days for the life of me, unless I'm on a plane or something.

I know right, I can barely finish a magazine or an online article.

Barefoot84 · April 2014

summergirl1211 said:

Not sure if this is really a UO, but I am constantly blown away at posts on here about new book suggestions. I'm sure I just have different priorities (ah hem... tv and sleeping) but I can't finish a book these days for the life of me, unless I'm on a plane or something.

I haven't watched a single minute of TV for over a week, and I've seen two movies since giving birth to Tumaini. I don't even try watching movies because I fall asleep on my favorite sitcoms and shows. However, I love to read a bit before every night and I love all the book suggestion posts.

lewispm · April 2014

I think babysitters are way overpaid (at least in our case) and it is actually painful for me to pay the babysitter when MH and I go out.

I mean, they have maybe 1-1.5 hours of actual babysitting to do and the rest of the time they get to sit on our couch, watch TV, and eat our food. $40 for 1 hour of watching a baby and 3 hours of watching a movie and eating our snacks seems ridic. I think it should be totally appropriate to pay less for the hours that your child is asleep.

punkyshoester · April 2014

The few times H's niece has watched Will has been occasions where we were out for a few drinks, etc. I rarely drink these days, so after a couple I am tipsy and when we come home I just say "H - give her whatever cash you have left!" which is usually $60+ dollars (and she's only watched him for 3-4 hours). And now that I've set that ridiculous precedent, I completely regret it. She watched him last Saturday and I bought them take out since they hadn't eaten ($30) and then I think my H gave them $40 before we left and then $50 when we got home. Um. What? They watched him from 5-10, which is a while, but he goes to sleep at 7:30.

She is going to college in the Fall, so I feel like we are really helping her out by giving her a little extra....but boy! A night out is expensive as hell! I would rather eat pizza in my sweatpants.

Also, I should have babysat more when I was younger. And saved more money.

reinedecajun · April 2014

I guess my opinion on paying for childcare is unpopular. No matter what they are doing while your child is sleeping they are there for the safety and welfare of your child. The most precious thing you could ever have possession of. If it means they eat some snacks and watch a movie while he naps so be it. That's what I would do if I wasnt cleaning, etc. If you want them to clean make it part of their job.

reinedecajun · April 2014

Nobody said it was unreasonable, just make it part of their job if that's what you're looking for. To get the most out of your money.

Seriously when the kid is asleep the same pay should apply. I pay for insurance every month, I may not use it every month but when I need it its there for me. Same thing with childcare when the kid is sleeping your paying for piece of mind and safety. Your not there so the caregiver is your insurance. No time to be petty with those things.

KarmB · April 2014

if you don't like what the babysitter is asking for a rate, tell them youll pay them XYZ, or find another babysitter with a cheaper rate, or do a babysitting swap with another mom. Id gladly pay more or a nighttime sitter. its more inconvenient time for people. if Lilah happens to wake up, she'd be more fussy than in the day time. etc etc etc. But Apparently, this is the UO lol

zyas · April 2014

PaddyB said:

lewispm said:

I think babysitters are way overpaid (at least in our case) and it is actually painful for me to pay the babysitter when MH and I go out.
I mean, they have maybe 1-1.5 hours of actual babysitting to do and the rest of the time they get to sit on our couch, watch TV, and eat our food. $40 for 1 hour of watching a baby and 3 hours of watching a movie and eating our snacks seems ridic. I think it should be totally appropriate to pay less for the hours that your child is asleep.

I agree! if they want to be paid the same then they should be doing something, like cleaning or folding laundry.

This exactly!! Our sitter actually does clean so I find even though she is expensive, that it works out really nicely. Whenever Ava is asleep, she cleans cause she gets bored sitting around. It's so nice to come home to a clean house that smells wonderful! One of our previous sitters left a huge mess everywhere and it sucked coming home to that!

snickersforeveryone · April 2014

I used to babysit regularly. When the kid went to bed, I would tidy any mess we had made, but was uncomfortable doing more unless it was family. Some people would be weirded out by the sitter cleaning up.

Also, even though the kid may be asleep, I think of that money as hazard pay. You never know if that night is the night little Jimmy decides to be a terror. I once babysat a tiny baby. She was asleep when the parents left. About ten minutes after they left, she started screaming. Nothing I did calmed her down. She screamed until just before they came home (after a massive poopy diaper). I was panicking and calling my mom for advice, in tears because I couldn't figure out what to do. So yeah, hazard pay.

lewispm · April 2014

I am not saying I don't care who watches my child or that I want to pay some hoodrat off the street $20 bucks to come sit at my house while he sleeps, I'm simply stating that I hate having to pay so much for someone to do hardly anything. However, K has yet to wake up while being watched by a sitter. In the case that he does wake up and need assistance at night, we are always close by and our sitter knows to call us and we will come right home if he won't settle.

I get that babysitters are invaluable, but their job is not hard when the kid is sleeping and they make bank for doing nothing. Often, I find his empty sippy cup upstairs in the playroom and all the sitter's dishes still dirty and in the sink. At least rinse those out! And I love our sitter, I just wish going to an average priced dinner and a movie didn't cost us over $100 every time!

reinedecajun · April 2014

kimmer1412 said:
My UO is that I dislike all those "keep calm and (fill in blank)" shirts and signs, they are so stupid.

Surely not this one though

snickersforeveryone · April 2014

@lewispm‌ I totally get where you are coming from. A good sitter shouldn't leave your house a mess like that. Any chances of getting a different person?

lewispm · April 2014

eafogel said:

@lewispm‌ I totally get where you are coming from. A good sitter shouldn't leave your house a mess like that. Any chances of getting a different person?

She is great with K, so that makes up for it for me, but she is moving across the country in a month anyway

BUT my sister just moved into my neighborhood and is due in June so we decided we will be each others' sitter for free and just do the "I'll babysit this weekend, you take next weekend" thing. I'm excited to have free childcare! So I guess I can't really complain too much anymore...

apollonia10 · April 2014

I never thought about the way I paid my sitter until this last time, when DS was super tired before she came over and I put him down early. She made 50 bucks to eat the dinner I'd left for her and watch Frozen on DVD. Not a bad deal!

I figure it makes up for all the times DS has been hysterical when we leave, or not wanted to brush his teeth, or not wanted to eat anything. It's worth it to me to overpay her if it means she's available when we need her.

punkyshoester · April 2014

To clarify, just in case, I love my niece (our sitter) and I am grateful for a night out. She is great with Will and doesn't leave a mess. It just makes for quite an expensive night when we gladly give her all our cash (again - our choice - we don't have a set rate or anything and feel like we are throwing her a bone cause she is a young soon to be college student) and have dinner/drinks/movie, whatever. Dolla Dolla bills, ya'll!

reinedecajun · April 2014

jfresh said:

chipmunk112511 said:

I could probably eat a salad every day for lunch for the rest of my life and be ok with it. In the past 3 weeks I have learned to crave them. On that note I do still really want a snickers right now, dangit. I guess those are more of a confession but I am sure not many share my opinion on salads.

*stuck in quote box*

I like salads but I still feel so unsatisfied after my salad lunch. I just ate at about 11:15 and it's 1:22 and I'm hangry. A coworker went to Subway and brought back a box of cookies...as I sit here trying to wait as long as possible to eat my string cheese lol.

Same way here everyday shake for breakfast, by ten im dying of starvation! Eat some fruit until lunch, then devour my sald and now it's almost one and my stomach is trying to eat me from the inside. I even ate a apple trying to curb my appetite and nada. I hate diets! I just want a huge ass bowl of pasta!

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