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the "problem" with having good backup childcare (that is, my dad living with me), combined with having practically no social life is that on the rare occasions i DO need someone to babysit soph, A. i have no idea how to go about arranging it and B. she FREAKS OUT at the thought of being outside of her comfort zone (being home or at her dad's).
my dad and i are going out with heidi and her mom on monday night (ani show yay) and allen is unavailable for whatever reason. my cousin (whom soph loves and suggested as an acceptable babysitting alternative) is going to be out of town. next on the list is my brother, who would want to do it if he could but may possibly freak out himself at the idea of being alone with a kid, even one as fairly well-behaved as soph is.
last night we started talking about it before she went to her dad's and she was moving quickly into hysterical territory at the thought that i might ask a friend's parents to watch her monday night til *after* bedtime at *their* house. and then of course i was near-nauseated at the thought of having to peel my crying, clutching child off of me and making someone restrain her while i leave. that doesn't sound fun at all.
she's seven, she should be beyond this, but i never gave her much opportunity to GET beyond it. *sigh*
my dad and i are going out with heidi and her mom on monday night (ani show yay) and allen is unavailable for whatever reason. my cousin (whom soph loves and suggested as an acceptable babysitting alternative) is going to be out of town. next on the list is my brother, who would want to do it if he could but may possibly freak out himself at the idea of being alone with a kid, even one as fairly well-behaved as soph is.
last night we started talking about it before she went to her dad's and she was moving quickly into hysterical territory at the thought that i might ask a friend's parents to watch her monday night til *after* bedtime at *their* house. and then of course i was near-nauseated at the thought of having to peel my crying, clutching child off of me and making someone restrain her while i leave. that doesn't sound fun at all.
she's seven, she should be beyond this, but i never gave her much opportunity to GET beyond it. *sigh*