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AIBU about not wanting SIL to babysit?

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ColdMarch · 18/09/2019 19:24

SIL babysits a few times every other week but the past few months she's been very unreliable.
She's not been giving DD the food and drinks we provide for her and has been taking her to McDonald's or just giving her chocolate and biscuits. Caught her out on a few occasions lying about it as she left loose food in the pram bag (ketchup everywhere) or found the remains of biscuits tucked away in the pram. I wouldn't have minded if she had given her the healthy food we packed first or had told us she would be eating out do we're not wasting the food.
I then realised she had been stealing from the pram bag, everything from nappies, clothes and cutlery to sudocream, Calpol and my asthma inhalers I'd been keeping in there ( took me a while to catch on!)
I'm sure it's her as when I mentioned specific items they showed back up in the bag without her saying anything. DH didn't see it as much of an issue although he is also convinced she's stealing, so I dropped it.
Today she was 40 minutes late picking her up after DH arranged for her to babysit and stay for dinner when she brought DD back (she refuses to babysit at our house). Then was over an hour late bringing her back and wouldn't answer her phone just texted she'd get the bus soon.
I had no idea where she was as MIL said she left at 4 but didn't arrive until gone 6, it's only a 20 minute journey.
Then made DH literally collect DD off the bus as she doesn't get off, just pushes the pram off and stated she was going to a friends, knowing we'd made her dinner.
The lateness threw off the whole bedtime routine making DD quite irritable.
DH doesn't seem as bothered as "thats just how she is."
I don't want her babysitting again as I don't trust her, AIBU?
It seems I'm the only one that's upset over it all.

OP posts:
Cocobean30 · 18/09/2019 22:32

Sorry but I find it really weird she is asking to babysit for you and lots of other people all the time? What is her motive? Doesn’t she have a life? Alarm bells tbh

FluffyCloudsInTheSky · 18/09/2019 23:21

This is all very odd. I wouldn't let anyone I didn't trust have access much less unsupervised contact with my child

redredrobins · 18/09/2019 23:35

How old is your SIL?

sweeneytoddsrazor · 18/09/2019 23:36

stealing would also indicate funding something like a drug habit

How many nappies would she need to steal to buy drugs ffs.

It all sounds very weird. If you don't trust her then tell your DH this and don't let her babysit again.

converseandjeans · 18/09/2019 23:43

It does sound odd. It's rare for someone to babysit so often for no pay unless it's a grandparent helping out when parents are working. Even more bizarre she is babysitting for other people.

Templetonstunafish · 19/09/2019 00:26

How old is she that she's working for food? Sounds very strange.

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