So, I’m sitting today in my sister’s living room watching her son in his bouncy seat while the dog is crashed on the floor. Today is the first day of my baby-sitting stint (Eric called me Supernanny on his way to work), helping Karen out for the last few weeks of school. I’ll be watching J for three and a half weeks, and Erik’s mom will be watching him for the last week of school. We will be on vacation that week.
So far, nothing terribly exciting has happened. I’ve played some with the dog, talked with the baby some, and I’m pretty much just waiting for him to want to eat (which should be very soon). He’s already getting just a little fussy, I think. Karen left me a list of things “to know”; we shall see how it goes…
Yesterday, I got a number of things done. I hung up another birdfeeder and filled both of them.
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Okay, now it’s 9:40, and I’m just getting back to Xanga. That’s life with a baby’s schedule, I guess!
Anyway, back to yesterday…I also did laundry and a number of little projects that I’ve just wanted to do for a while. And I went to Meijer briefly. In the evening, Eric and I ran to Target to get a Mother’s Day card for his mom, and we picked up a couple of other things as well. Then home to watch some TV and then to bed.
Well…that’s all I’ve got. And I think Maggie is waking Jason up. So I’d better go. Later!
You deserve Sister of the Year honors for sure!!
^ Jason doesn’t move yet…he’ll be fine….
@terriwright – well, Karen might frown on my going home to sleep before she gets home!
I have complete confidence in you! I WAS worried about the dog until I figured out what ‘crashed on the floor’ meant!
Babysitting is less stressful…you know you can go home and sleep, whatever….
You will do just fine…you just might get spit up on a few times until you learn when to burp!! I never left detailed instructions, I just got seasoned babysitters!! Oh yeah…I just didn’t leave my child!!
@shannahhogue – I didn’t mean to imply that you would mind the list, or that Karen left lists like what mine look like. Schedules are helpful, to be sure. It just reminded me of the booklet of instructions I would leave for a 3 hour absence! Hee hee!
have fun today, supernanny!
Kimberly, there was going to be more on that list!! I got interrupted, and now I don’t care enough to remember what I did yesterday…
@gsowell – The list is mostly an order of naps/feedings. I don’t mind a detailed list (having never really been responsible for a 2-month-old for an extended period by myself), but I think mothers don’t realize what people like me don’t know (like how much to feed him before he needs to burp)!
I started laughing when I saw that you got a number of things done and then all I saw was the birdfeeders! LOL
Have fun with Jason!
Was Karen’s list extensive? I used to leave these incredibly detailed lists and instructions whenever I left the kids with anyone. So did my sister. We were laughing about our analness the other day. Wow. You know what? Even if you vary from the instructions a little, he’ll still be fine. And he’s a lucky little boy to have an aunt like you to come watch him. And he still sleeps a lot, so we expect frequent xanga check-ins!
Have fun with your little nephew! I’m sure your the ultimate babysitter!