Stressful Situations & Sitters

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Leah, Oh my Gosh I feel so bad for you.Our lives are stressful

enough we surely do not need to worry about losing our jobs.I work

while (12) is in school.That is the only way I can work because

I have no one to watch him.Every break Thanksgiving,Christmas,

summer I have to take off or work on my husband off days.I may

thousands less than I used to but the stress of trying to hold a

good paying job was just not worth it.Every time is sick I have

to be off,all holidays off, and most work places will not put up

with that.We struggle/ and I have a lot of stress but I was even

more stressed working a full time job.I had is a daycare until

he was 4 but the day care stopped providing services because he was

not potty trained and could not walk.He had a therapist let him fall

the week he turned 2 and it threw him back in his walking.We cannot

hardly keep respite care workers either.Try calling places life

homes for disabled and ask if anyone there can do respite or if they

know of someone to watch your child. Good luck. Cyndi B

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>

> " my babysitter was a no show on friday and I almost lost my

job.... "

> Leah

>

> Leah, I can certainly relate to how hard it is to find

babysitters. We

> get Janie's personal care provider through an agency and even with

> that we have gone up to 6 months without help. It sucks! Janie is

8

> and I can count on one hand how many times she has had a

babysitter.

> Even my adult daughters " don't know what to do with her " . I did

leave

> her with one daughter last week for 3 hours and her behavior was

very

> aggressive even though she has been doing really well for a while.

I

> think it is partly due to my daughter being a high stress person,

but

> anyway, now she does not want to watch her again because she hits

my 2-

> yr-old granddaughter. I don't know what I would do if I had to

work

> outside the home. I will pray for you to find someone fast.

> P.

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