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Ahhh I am so tired. I am babysitting a monster child this week. And it's only the second day. Ok so today he was up when I got there, and already crying. His Mom tells me "If he throws up crying don't worry, he cries himself to the point of physical sickness all the time. It's actually good if he throws up, it means his fit is almost over" My jaw must have dropped when she said that....is it just me or is it unhealthy to allow your child to cry themselves sick? Supposively it happens at least once a day. He cried and cried and cried for like an hour, and I just ignored him because when I tried to talk to him he'd freak out even more. So then he gets up and lucky me, he'd wet his pants all over the couch. Fun fun fun. So I got to clean that mess up. Then the rest of the day goes by well...only a half dozen minor tantrums. (One 20 minute one because he didn't like the show that was on...but didn't tell me..oh no, he just screamed..like I'm supposed to know?!) So I'm already at my wits end, am absolutely exhausted... and then the toilet overflowed. Like serious overflowage. So then I got to clean up an inch of toilet water from their bathroom, while the child threw a fit because I wasn't playing with him and an ant bit him (who knew ants could bite? not me...) So then I go down to their basement in search of more paper towels. Only to see that a pipe had burst/leaked/i don't really know. So I get to work cleaning out the basement...And the area that just so happened to be soaked was tax files, the husband's model train collection and a bunch of old furniture (junk or antiques I'm not sure..hopefully the former) So I clean all that up and then call the Mom to let her know what happened... And she goes "Oh I should've told you. I thought I fixed that problem but I guess not" Ha. Thanks for the advance notice. Gahhhh so I'm exhausted now and I'm never raising my kids to be brats like this one. It's easy to see why he's so chubby. Give him a cookie and he shuts right up. Must be what his parents do alot....
I really dont see how teenage mothers manage... I'd be in a mental hospital if this one was mine 24/7
I'm off to take a nap.