I'm Done!

[holleyberry]

I had the pleasure of helping out a friend and watching her 10 month old son today. So, yeah! I am DONE having kids. No more, no way no how!

[joandsarah]

Poor Holley, at least you had the pleasure of handing him back!

[holleyberry]

Yes, but I am EXHAUTED!

[joandsarah]

The worst time baby sitting I had was my friends 5 month old (Going back 6 1/2 years as they are both my daughter and her's 7 years old now) She cried and cried and cried and didn't sleep. She was a 'terrible' baby though, I knew it before hand.

[Tina ☺]

Oh I LOVE babies! I love to cuddle them, play with them, and then hand them back to mommy and daddy!

Sometimes when I look at a little baby, I get a burning motherly instinct that makes me wish I had another one. But then I remember the annoying times as well as the good ones and it makes remember that I'd rather just wait for grandbabies at this point...LOL

[joandsarah]

My friends baby just cried, cried if it was cuddled, cried if feed, cried if played, cried if put to bed. Longest 3 hours ever. But she cried a lot for her parents too. Strange thing is she is such an easy kid now.

[holleyberry]

He was mostly a good baby. It really wasn't his fault. He is still breastfeed and she rocks him to sleep.
So, even though he does eat solid food, he wasn't wanting much and I don't own a rocker anymore. Poor guy. I picked him up and rocked him in my arms and he was out in a minute.

I really don't understand why mothers don't train their children to sooth themselves to sleep. Both my kids were trained to sooth themselves. I would rock them a bit and put them to sleep when they were still awake. Sometimes they would cry a bit, but they learned to put themselves to sleep. I know Moms whose kids still sleep with them in bed!

[Tina ☺]

Oh man, I babysat a newborn like that once. It was a night job too and it about drove me nuts! I had to stand and walk with the baby, patting his back to keep him quiet enough so the rest of my family could sleep. Good for them; bad for me...lol. I think babies like that have serious stomach gas problems.

[joandsarah]

I always put mine to bed still awake, but my friend did the family bed thing with both of hers. I don't mind what people do so long as they don't tell me what to do Unless there like those neighbors who let little kids run around at 3am.

[joandsarah]

My friend looked into reflux but was given the all clear. I always thought even so, they can get silent reflux or gas or something. I guess she out grew whatever it was poor kid.

[holleyberry]

We call it Colic!

[joandsarah]

They only call it colic up to 4 months here. She cried probably up to 9 months or longer and it gradually tapered off. I still think it was reflux, by then she was sitting and standing which I think helped.

[Tina ☺]

Yea those stupid doctors don't know everything. I don't care what they say!

[Nicole]

I've done quite a bit of babysitting, but I've been lucky and never had colic or unsettled kids to look after.

Little kids love me, I don't know why, maybe it's my size? Or because I get down on their level, but they're always crawling all over me, fighting who gets to sit beside me.

[holleyberry]

So nicole, where do you live? Need a job?!