One of the drawbacks for living away from my family is that we don't have a lot of "family" options when it comes to sitters for Miss C. It's not that my family isn't helpful, because they are. It just requires a little more effort to coordinate and it's not as easy as a phone call and a quick drop off.
Because of this, we've had to come to rely on non-family members to watch Miss C which isn't easy. Things work out great with Miss Amy because there is a history there but she is not always available. So, we've started having Katie come over on Mondays to watch Miss C for our date night.
Katie is great. She has a lot of experience and is just all around a nice person. A girl I work with referred her and I feel comfortable with our decision to use her. But it has been a challenge.
Miss C has realized quickly that when Katie comes we leave and has decided to let us know she is not pleased about us leaving. She cries the moment Katie arrives and often screams the entire time to the point where we don't want to leave. So, we've struggled and tried everything we could think of to calm things down. We didn't want to leave Katie with a screaming kid and we didn't like to see our baby all worked up like that.
Then, last night, we just left. We said our good-byes and walked out while she was screaming and throwing her tantrum. She stopped crying before we reached the restaurant and was fine after that. Lesson learned.
No comments:
Post a Comment