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My sister-in-law babysit my girls for me 3 days a week (and we pay her). I have to be at work at 8:00 a.m. and was "talked" to at work about making sure I get to work on time, etc. What happens when I drop the girls off at 7:30 a.m??? My sister-in-law is asleep. This has happened two out of three times this week. It has happened probably 10 times since she has been watching the girls, which has been a little over a year. On Wednesday of this week, her girls were already up so I had to yell at them through the door to go wake their mom up. She finally came downstairs, no sorry, no nothing. So today I get there and bang and ring the door bell and nothing. So I go home and call my grandma and she said to drop them off there. So I get to work about 8:01 b/c of all this. It's my husband's sister so he calls her and tells her this has got to stop b/c its making me late, etc. She tells him that I should have called her from my cell phone to get her up and tells him we need to find an new sitter and hangs up on him. So my question is, how did this turn into my fault. I have to wake up a 6 mth. old and 4 year old and a husband in the morning, is it really my job to also make sure my babysitter is up and ready ?!?!?! Are we being unreasonable???
Not your fault at all - I have been in that situation before with my older children when I did have to work outside the home and frankly, if she isn't up when you get there that means she isn't putting much effort into it as it is so you are more than likely better off finding a new sitter because it sounds like your kids might not be getting the attention they deserve/need while in her care. You are totally not at fault here - she is just lashing out and trying to put blame anywhere else except where it belongs, on her.
I don't think you are being unreasonable at all. She is your baby sitter regardless if she is family or not, she still agreed to doing a "job" (She is getting paid for it) so as her job, it is her responsability to wake herself up and be ready to work. JMO
You are paying her, it is her job. She is responsible to make sure she is ready to start her job on time, not you. Frankly, sometimes things are harder when family does them, because they don't take it seriously, because it's for family. They think they deserve some slack. But if she's affecting your job, something has to change.
That's incredibly irresponsible on her part. You're paying her to watch your kids so it's her JOB. I don't get how people are irresponsible like that. If I'm getting paid to do something I'm going to make my best effort no matter what. Ok, I'm ranting now, but no it's definitely not YOUR fault!
I agree with the everyone else. You're paying her to watch your children so it's her job and just like any other job she would have outside of the home she should take it the responsibility seriously and be up and ready for when you drop off your kids. If it's affecting your job though, I would definitely look for a new sitter. It may be comforting to know that a family member is looking after them, but if she's going to act like that it's not really worth it.
its not your fault, and it was really immature for her to hang up and tell him to get a new sitter.
I however, have been guilty of the same..only my situation is different.
I watch a little girl thats almost 5, and sometimes, her mom just drops her at the door, she comes in, and wakes Evelyn and I up if we didnt already get up---which we usually are, it rarely happens that we are in bed.
The little girls mom is my bf...and she pays me also..but this doesnt cause her to be late for work.
My sister-in-law babysit my girls for me 3 days a week (and we pay her). I have to be at work at 8:00 a.m. and was "talked" to at work about making sure I get to work on time, etc. What happens when I drop the girls off at 7:30 a.m??? My sister-in-law is asleep. This has happened two out of three times this week. It has happened probably 10 times since she has been watching the girls, which has been a little over a year. On Wednesday of this week, her girls were already up so I had to yell at them through the door to go wake their mom up. She finally came downstairs, no sorry, no nothing. So today I get there and bang and ring the door bell and nothing. So I go home and call my grandma and she said to drop them off there. So I get to work about 8:01 b/c of all this. It's my husband's sister so he calls her and tells her this has got to stop b/c its making me late, etc. She tells him that I should have called her from my cell phone to get her up and tells him we need to find an new sitter and hangs up on him. So my question is, how did this turn into my fault. I have to wake up a 6 mth. old and 4 year old and a husband in the morning, is it really my job to also make sure my babysitter is up and ready ?!?!?! Are we being unreasonable???[/b]
Not your fault at all!! Besides, if her kids are up.. DUH! SHE should be up, lol
both of the above.
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