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Friend offered her 12 year old to babysit my kids?

My friend's 12 year old has been wanting a summer job, and my friend offered she babysit my children. My kids are really young, and I don't necessarily trust a 12 year old with them. I offered to pay her for a mother's helper type job, where she can come and keep the kids occupied for an hour or 2 while I get things done around the house. Has anyone had experience with this sort of thing? I don't want to offend my friend nor her daughter.

I've never been so damn hot in my life.

I live in Interior BC, Canada and we just broke the Canadian heat record at 46.6C (116F) and it's only supposed to get hotter over the next couple days. This is unfathomable heat. I've never experienced anything more uncomfortable temperature wise. We've experienced bone chilling cold, relentless rain and literal mountains of snow but this... This is insane. I'm just so damn hot. That's all. Good luck to all the other boiling to death momma's. This shit sucks.

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My husband has covid for a second time.

We got vaccinated a while ago. Toddler is (obviously) not. Now we have go through this quarantine bullshit A G A I N. (Edited to add that we still do the distance thing and wear masks in public like we didn’t just say oh we got the needle we good kbye haha) I’ve mentioned it before in a previous post I think but basically my husband almost lost his eyesight the first time as a side effect. His eye doctor caught it fast, emergency eye surgery and all has been well since. Positive test this morning after he woke up not feeling great. *me in the back vibing* of course this happens to us lmfao

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Every movie I loved as a kid is utterly horrifying to rewatch as an adult

I swear we speak different languages

Him: You get mad at me because you have these expectations that I don’t meet because I don’t know they exist. You need to be transparent with me so I’m not playing guessing games about what you need. Me: That’s fair. I need you to do more of the middle-of-the-night care. Him: I just need you to be explicit so I can meet the needs you have. Me: When your daughter cries in the middle of the night, I need you to take the initiative and get up with her, instead of the expectation just being that I’m going to do it. My sleep is important too. Him: Why is this such a mystery? I just wish you would tell me exactly what you need. The world may never know… Spoiler: I did the 3am wake up this morning. Again.

Concerned about our nanny

I am getting increasingly concerned about our nanny. I have noticed a few red flags: - making faces during diaper change and complaining that the baby is hard to control. She even asked me to consult my doctor when baby was crying and rolling over during diaper change, saying this was not normal? - force feeding baby, not being patient and kind. - taking baby out for long strolls some times hours, I have noticed that she is on the phone during these strolls. - not interacting much with baby when at home. - absolutely does not play with him/ or teach him anything. Some pros: - cooks baby meals with lots of veggies - cleans bottles/ washes vessels. I am not sure if this is normal nanny behavior? Am I expecting too much? I want someone who genuinely loves being with babies and is very kind to them. I just don’t get this feeling with this nanny. Especially speaking over phone when taking baby out for a work just seems like escaping from work. What should I do? I am so confused

Almost every hard decision of child-rearing, each tiny step—Should I let her cross the street? Can he walk to school yet? Should I look in her dresser drawer?—is about how to give up control, not how to increase it; how to cede power, not how to gain it. -@alisongopnik

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How to “Have it all?” DED

Y’all. Get a load of this. My company (large multinational) just sent out a video Q&A with women leaders in the company on various women’s empowerment topics. One question was “How do you balance family and work?” She LEGIT says: 1) hire a housekeeper because she’s willing to “give up Friday night dinner out” and 2) hire a nanny and also ask that nanny to do additional daily things like dishes and laundry and meal prep. YO, if I had your salary I’d definitely do that!!! I’m just floored that that one was allowed to get sent out… it was sent to company internal, but heyo y’all I can’t help but feel jealous but also insanely offended for the tone-deafness of it all. Omg! Vent over.

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My tubal is Friday!

My husband didn’t want the vasectomy because “I don’t care if we have more kids or not, you do.” He said. He doesn’t change poop diapers or stay home with babies when they’re sick, nothing like that… so I guess I can see why he’d be more indifferent than me. I’m excited to not worry about being pregnant especially in today’s political Handmaid’s Tale type environment. But definitely not looking forward to possible complications, adhesions, etc. hoping it all works out. Thanks for letting me put this into the universe! ❤️💕