So i answered to one of the adds on pendelton about needing a last minute babysitter...first time ive ever done this. The woman told me she would be here at noon and didnt get here until 230. She then said she would be here at 5 to pick up her son. I got a call at 4:55 saying it would be another hour or 2. she got here a little after 8 and paid me $30. Her baby had been pulling at his ears and crying the whole time, very obvious he had an ear infection. When the mother got here i asked if he has been doing this alot and she says yes, shes not worried about it because she heard ear infections go away on there own. HELLO you must be joking right?? first of all no they do not! second you have free health care take that poor baby to the doctor!! 

Sad for that poor baby. Did you say the baby needed to be seen? I would of. Is the husband deployed? Breaks my heart for that poor baby not only did she drop him off with a stranger and leave him there forever but she is not taking him to the doc. Scary. 

Do you know that if you are licensed and you feel a child is be neglected you are mandated to report it to CPS. I know your not licensed but just thought I would share that. My mom is licensed and has had to make that call. So sad. 

Nope husband was not deployed they were both here when he was dropped off. They were moving and needed a sitter bc he was going to be in the way. Yes i sure did and i hope she is going to take him :( . I couldnt agree more about the stranger part i would NEVER put my kids on pys, just because we are on a military base means nothing. You never know what kind of person is watching your child. 

Thats crazy. Only once did I put my 3 youngest on PYS but I did it a month in advance, met the people a 3 weeks in advance and did a trial run for an hour while I watched over them. I got lucky to get a corpsman(er woman). But to leave your chlid over at a total strangers house like that and then be completely disrespectful to you by going over the amount of time and then not take her child to a freaking doctor. I wonder if he is caught up on vacination. 

I'm allergic to children. That's why I never babysit. :)

AND I DO HOPE that woman takes her child in to be seen by a doctor. =( 

poor baby. A long term ear infection can lead to encephalitis. I really hope they take that poor kid in to see the doc. 

I had someone from PYS come last minute to watch our child(ren) because we were moving and they were in the way. She was the sweetest girl and did a great job. We were, however, within earshot the entire time cleaning and packing. I wouldn't feel comfortable taking off for the night though. 

Actually ear infections usually do go away on their own. Though some doctors will recommend antibiotics for children under 2 years old, though I have never given them to my kids.

http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/ear-infection/ear-infections-topic-overview 

WOW! ok first of all. those of you judging me callig me a bad parent u dont know me at all!! i am a GREAT mother, my son is the happiest baby you'll ever meet! he is super spoiled and very loved. my husband and i are the best parents we can be! secondly i know we agreed at $20 for 5 hrs i picked him up at 730 all the way from fallbrook, AND we had to put gas in the uhual. so i gave u an extra $10 from the goodness of my heart. ur lucky i even gave it to u. i really cant wrap my head around why ur complaining from what u told me when i called to check on him u said he was sleeping the entire time. so either u were lying to me which if u were i will give u such a bad rep you'll never babysit again, but if not and you are lying to all the people reading this then u need to make things more check urself for making everything worse than it seems and trying to get attention... so what was it? was he asleep or crying? and about the ear infection i know he has one hes had many before. i took him to the dr and they said if he keeps getting it treated it'll cause really bad side affects. he got a really bad rash last time i treated it because the amoxicilin. so the dr specifically told me to let it heal on its own so for those of u judgemental, clueless parents out there accusing me of not taking care of my son ur WRONG! ear infections can treat themselves u know? and the only reason i left him with you was because u said u also had crawler, u did not tell me that u had an older boy who was gna torment my poor baby. what kind of a parent doesnt have any baby toys i didnt bring any cos i thought u would have some seeing as though u also have an infant, i get there and it doesnt even look like its a kid friendly home. no toys or anything if i would have known u didnt have any toys i would have brought my own. we got to ur house ur garage was open i saw a box of cigarettes and a lighter on ur car. we got to ur door and i told my husband that i didnt wanna leave him anymore and we can just work around him but he insisted that we needed to leave him or we werent gna get anything done so we left him... u dont know how much i wanted to resist but i knew what had to be done... so seriously get a life and quit bashing me and other mothers like me u guys do not know me or my life and u especially dont know my son or his situation. so yea dont come at me with all this bs seeing as u dont know anything at all u just go off an ignorant greedy mother thats clearly ur not a great mother herself! you people can be rediculous at times u know that! how bout next time u get both sides of the story before u start making comments! 

....you do know you didn't have to out yourself?

Cigarettes/lighter ON TOP of a car, out of children's reach? Damn, she's really gangster up in there. Better stop her before she does something harder. 

Cigarettes/lighter ON TOP of a car, out of children's reach? Damn, she's really gangster up in there. Better stop her before she does something harder.

the point to that was i told my husband that i would never leave my son with a smoker its disgusting and if u smoke good for u to me thats nasty and not lady like but whatever if thats ur thing more power to u! 

Actually ear infections usually do go away on their own. Though some doctors will recommend antibiotics for children under 2 years old, though I have never given them to my kids
always right. thank u! 

you gave someone 30 dollars to watch your kid well over the time she was expected to watch him. you do know that's way less than minimum wage. you took advantage 20 for 5 hours. To watch a baby. 

nd the only reason i left him with you was because u said u also had crawler, u did not tell me that u had an older boy who was gna torment my poor baby. what kind of a parent doesnt have any baby toys i didnt bring any cos i thought u would have some seeing as though u also have an infant, i get there and it doesnt even look like its a kid friendly home. no toys or anything

Then why did you leave your baby with her if there was no toys, and you didn't think it was appropriate e place for a child to stay? 

you gave someone 30 dollars to watch your kid well over the time she was expected to watch him. you do know that's way less than minimum wage. you took advantage 20 for 5 hours. To watch a baby.
she agreed to that pay for that long if she wasnt ok with it she couldve said something to me but instead she had to be the little person and try to bash me on here and try to make me look bad but its not happening... i brough him his favorite toys and there wasnt toys but there was another baby was there not? 

she agreed to that pay for that long if she wasnt ok with it she couldve said something to me but instead she had to be the little person and try to bash me on here and try to make me look bad but its not happening... i brough him his favorite toys and there wasnt toys but there was another baby was there not? 

Next time interview the person. Dont leave your child especially in another persons home. If you did not like the condition of her home, than I would have taken my child no matter what out of that house. 

Next time interview the person. Dont leave your child especially in another persons home. If you did not like the condition of her home, than I would have taken my child no matter what out of that house.
gee thanks for the advice! but there def wont be a time. 

If I didnt feel comfortable leaving my child I would not of left him. My husband wouldnt of told me to leave him ether. A mothers intuition is a great tool and should be followed most of the time. How do you know her older son tormented your child? I babysit and I have a older child and younger children. My older son does not torment my younger children. He is actually a big help. I have never had a doctor tell me that he does not want to treat my sons ear infections and I have 3 kids. I have had my kids get rashes from antibiotics but the doctor always warned me about them and advised me to put medicine on there butts before the rash a cured which would prevent the rash or if it did come it wouldnt get as bad. 

If I didnt feel comfortable leaving my child I would not of left him. My husband wouldnt of told me to leave him ether.

Bingo!
Its your baby why would you leave him/her with someone you are uncomfortable with? Ive seen this some where. Cheap work is cheap. Great work cost money. would you want your child to have a cheap babysitter or a great one. 

whatever my point is dont call me a bad mother cos im NOT!... i was in a bind and was in desperate need. we agreed to the money. im just sayin i did not have to pay her more. and thats not true u always hear about people getting expensive nannys to care for their kids or parents and the nannys are abusive or neglectful so not all cheap work is cheap i would have left him with his baby sitter she didn't charge me much at all but she went back home. so therefore i left him with her... i knew he wasnt in any danger. but i didnt know she was gna be so greedy. 

[i]i knew he wasnt in any danger. but i didnt know she was gna be so greedy
I don't think she is greedy. You paid her under min wage if anything your greedy.
you did not find adequate child care, you left your child in place you felt uncomfortable leaving. a place with no toys and smoking. but because of the cheap labor you left him there. Thats greedy. 

ok so u guys wanna wrong me but she was wrong for telling me he was asleep the entire time an d telling u all he was crying the entire time... i never let my son cry so if he was crying the entire time u must not have been paying attention to him. ur saying the lady worked hard and she deserved more well i dont think its that hard to watch a sleeping baby. 

i dont think its that hard to watch a sleeping baby. 

at the end of the day
you left your son in a home you felt was not right.
you paid less than min wage to watch a child
You left your son there for more than the time agreed upon.
she watched your baby it is a hard job to watch kids. 

So, Happy mommy, how many tattoos do you have? 

So, Happy mommy, how many tattoos do you have? 

Great example! ( I think) Tats are expensive I know my husbands was 4 hours long and they charged him about 200.00. Would you pay 30.00 for a 4 hour long tattoo. No. because it would be stupid. 

Great example! ( I think) Tats are expensive I know my husbands was 4 hours long and they charged him about 200.00. Would you pay 30.00 for a 4 hour long tattoo. No. because it would be stupid.

Oh, no, that's not what I was going for... 

So, Happy mommy, how many tattoos do you have? 
What do you mean how many tattoos does she have? 

She must know shes not a good MOM as she took herself off here!!! But to put your kid in a home you know nothing about is NOT A GOOD PARENT OR A GOOD IDEA You Must Not Have Many Good Friends to help you in a last minute 

She must know shes not a good MOM as she took herself off here!!! But to put your kid in a home you know nothing about is NOT A GOOD PARENT OR A GOOD IDEA You Must Not Have Many Good Friends to help you in a last minute 

People make mistakes. However, if she is saying she did not feel comfortable leaving her kid there than why leave the baby there. She said she did not have to.
I hate the fact that she is calling the sitter greedy as well. The sitter did the job for practically nothing.