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Just told daughters I won’t be babysitting

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SpryCat · 27/12/2024 23:17

I have two gorgeous toddler Gs’s by my two daughters, I look after the eldest Gs, one afternoon a week, I pick him up from nursery and cook his dinner till dad picks him up and have my youngest Gs another afternoon to give his mum a break. I have been given a long a list of rules I must follow to the letter. My youngest Dd is always having a go at me for not following all the rules, I asked her if we could have her son for a couple of hours tomorrow and got a long list of things she is not happy about, mainly (as she was at work) we had her partner with their son, my other daughter with her partner and son over on Boxing Day and eldest Gs was play fighting with my H and he jokingly said Gs was a thug. It was all reported back to the daughter who was working that day by her partner and her sister. She blamed us for her son’s bad behaviour (he is 2.5 years old) and I said we won’t be looking after Gs again as so shit at it. I text my other daughter and said we won’t be looking after your son anymore because we turn children into thugs. So fuck it, let then look after there own kids as they so perfect.
I didn’t want to hear back from them and was so het up I blocked them from messaging back. I only messaged one daughter to have Gs for a few hours tomorrow and I get aggro.
No matter what I do I get arsey messages, It does my head in.

OP posts:
BitterTits · 31/12/2024 11:42

Katypp · 31/12/2024 10:32

One more thing:
I've read several times on this thread now that some po-faced posters 'wouldn't want their children around' people who block others on SM, allow biscuits etc etc.
I will say it again - you cannot micromanage everyone who brushes against your precious child for ever.
At some point they are going to come in contact the dreadful types who drink squash or eat chocolate. I hear some even eat crisps and drink fizzy drinks. I know.
You are doing your child no favours whatsoever banning anything that is perfectly safe and legal, as they will come across it when they are older.
The same applies to people. Only allowing a carefully curated ensemble of preapproved contacts is madness.

This is exactly what's going on - curation. It's a word that should only apply to artwork and artefacts, I loathe the notion in relation to personal image. Social media has so much to answer for.

Fmlgirl · 31/12/2024 14:32

@BitterTits

was recently at a party and someone gave my 18 month old a sweet. Not keen on that but what am I going to do. I pick my battles and I agree with you, this really isn’t one of them. I grew up having everything ‚bad‘ limited and I now have a massive sweet tooth.

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