Baby sitting

[canyou]

It you agree to baby sit a toddler in someone's home for them for 4 nights so they can go abroad for a shopping trip would it be unreasonable to expect
1] Enough food/milk for evening meal and breakfast
2] Food for Lunch
3]More then 3 nappies
4]A bed made up to sleep in
5]To not have sky set to record their fav programs meaning I cannot watch anything else
6] Be Warn that the child wakes up at night and expects to be brought down stairs to play at 2 am and only goes back to bed at 5 am and the other children get up at 6.30 am
Thought I was speechless obviously not [hblush]
And as this is family the only thing received will be 'great, is she ok ?thanks]

for you and for toddler

What was agreed beforehand?

My Lord. are you the toddler's grandparent?

Taking the piss much?! (parents, not you!)

For fucks sake, did they not leave any money?

Just because a toddler expects to be taken downstairs at two am does not mean you take them downstairs at two am ....

the rest is appalling, but I cannot help wondering if you've got children, as you seem to think that you do what toddlers tell you!

Definately NBU!

I'd expect to have brownie points awarded to last me for at least the next three and a half years for babysitting for someone for 4 nights and more than one DC.

It doesn't sound like they've thought about the logistics of someone else sitting for them for so long, were they very taken up with getting their own stuff together and the excitement of going away on their own?

Even so, it comes across as rude and stingy at the least.

I am the auntie it was supposed to be 2 nights with me which would have been fine except on fri am I was told flts had changed and it would be 4 nights TBH I was to shocked to protest [thought they were joking]
She sits and screams, bang stuff, has a complete melt down if you say no [we have had a few melt down today] middle of the night with neighbours it is not on really.

Colditz I failed after 2 hrs of sobbing/ throwing things, neighbour knocking on the wall I caved,
I am sat here to tired to go to bed

I think this is cheeky too. In my dh family there is a lot of helpoing eachtoher out and we may be expected to do something similar at some point. I know if I was getting something similar I would insist on money, nice pressie and stocking friddge with what you want etc. Its only curteous

Email them to get their fucking arses home pronto or you will be dropping Dear Niece at the nearest children's home!

YANBU
Why have you said you looking after toddler and not the other children? How many are there!

Do not take toddler downstairs at 2am. That is bonkers and if parents do it more fool them.
Unfortunately 5.30am - 6.00am is kids wake up time in my experience.

Keep a record of expenses....can't believe they didn't make up a bed that's just rude.

Hope you get a good present at the end

It does sound 100 times louder at night doesn't it?

I would have 'caved in' with a visiting toddler and neighbours banging on the wall

yanbu. As the second coming sadi, keep all receipts.

Hedge no cash which is rotten as I was laid off last week so watching money [Aldi nappies for her I am afraid]but tbh buying nappies is ok she needs them so hey ho
Just not being able to watch tv they are double recording every hr on sky plus is the last straw, I have so far deleted x factor and a football match

Sorry other toddler is mine so can't really mind her babysitting ones own child is not popular here
She sat looking at me last night as if to say shut her up I want sleep

You sound like a bit of a doormat though pleased to hear you are now deleting their TV!

Dunno about the OP being a doormat tatty, what else could she have done?

Unless they're the kind of people who are incapable of reading situations and there's no hope for them, you're going to have to let them know they were BU.

I'm sure there's a way of doing it nicely that wont explode your whole family apart for years to come.

I tried my own dc would crawl in star spread and sleep [which happened last night with dd] but my niece not a hope she kept screaming banging the door kicking it throwing teddies
Am off to bed now and hope that she sleeps through but if not that I get a few hrs sleep.

Whoateagentzigzagbrain They are so in love with their dd that they think we should be honoured to be allowed baby sit / mind /spend time with her,
I on the other hand know that my dc can be a Tasmanian devil child and am grateful that anyone would agree to have her for a few hrs, [We have begun implementing the naughty corner]

delete all the tv you want and text the parents to bring you back at least a bottle of spirits and a box of wine along with chocolates

Have I got this right... you moved into their house with your toddler to look after their child???

I was wondering that too.....Why not decant Niece to your home?