being Babysitter, is hardwork
By davaome
@davaome (1826)
Philippines
December 5, 2011 9:56pm CST
today my parents had to go out of town for some business for a few days leaving me and my older brother incharge of the house. my older brother goes to work everyday while me, I just stay in the house surfing the net. for the time being I will be baby sitting my 3 younger siblings. and i came to realize, It's difficult being a baby sitter. When one of them cried, it took me awhile to figure out that she was crying because she was hungry, then the other one was always bothering me because he wanted to play with me. and the other very demanding always giving me orders, which i did not tolerate and forced him to do it by himself. We have a maid, but there are times that she needs do stuff like cleaning the house, cooking for our meals and looking after our store. and I would be left alone with my 3 "evil" siblings. I was able to tame them all now because I punished them once because they were disturbing me while i was washing the dishes. it was good that they are already very obedient to me and after the two days, somehow I gained controlled over them.
Have any experience being a babysitter? please share you experience :)
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13 responses
@polaroidsredwine (509)
• United States
6 Dec 11
I've babysat a lot of kids of various ages as a way to earn some money, and it's definitely an exercise in patience and tolerance. It's hard work, harder than a lot of people give credit for, especially when there's more than one kid to keep an eye on and take care of. I think it's one of those things everyone needs to do at least once in life so they can understand what an ordeal it is.
The fun parts always happen when I'm either trying to help the kid learn something like writing or reading or when I'm trying to put the younger ones down for naps, which seems like a battle of wills. The only time I really enjoyed teaching a child something was one girl who I helped teach to read - watching her progress from just listening to me read and point out words and letters to her reading to me was extremely gratifying.
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@davaome (1826)
• Philippines
6 Dec 11
Wow, i believe your already an expert on babysitting. and seems from this experience you have learned alot about children. I had a taste of giving lectures to my younger brother a few hours ago. It seems to be difficult to teach him maybe because he is still to young to understand. I was planning to teach him how to read but didn't know how to start. he knows already the alphabets and he can right them as well.
well i hope i will reach that kind of satisfaction when i will be able to teach my little brother how to read.
thank you for your very nice response,
happy mylotting
@davaome (1826)
• Philippines
7 Dec 11
The other day babysitter, now i had hands on with tutoring of my 6 year old brother. it was hard, I mean VERY HARD to teach him. it took us 6 hours to finish all 4 subjects he has. it felt drained afterwards, what's good way on teaching them?
or should start a discussion about this....
hmmm
well anyway thanks again
@polaroidsredwine (509)
• United States
7 Dec 11
Haha, I'm far from an expert. I've just learned how to adapt to different situations when it comes to babysitting. It's hard to teach kids when they're young. It seems like they just don't want to take in the information unless it has to do with something they're interested in.
Since your brother knows the alphabet and can write them, it might be a bit easier when it comes to teaching him to read. The trick might be getting him to understand how the letters flow together to make words. It helps to go slow and try out different techniques until you find one that he latches onto.
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@ShyBear88 (59273)
• Sterling, Virginia
6 Dec 11
I'm a stay at home mome so I babysit of a time to make extra money on the side. It's never been hard for me since I've worked with kids a lot over the years before babysiting. I always put my foot down right away and this way with any kid I have they know I'm the boss when they are with me. The real young ones are harder to deal with since they don't always understand you and you have to repeat it over and over again.
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@ShyBear88 (59273)
• Sterling, Virginia
6 Dec 11
I didn't baby sit till after I was a teacher . I've always been good with kids since I was younger so it hasn't been really new to me it's all normall for me. Yep young ones don't really understand but thy do understand more then you might think they do. They understand everything you say but they don't comprehend the meanings too well.
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@airasheila (5454)
• Philippines
7 Dec 11
good day davaome,
indeed it is hard to do babysitting. i just remember when i was in that situation, that i need to take care of everything. not only my 3 other siblings but also our own store. yes, just like you, i was also task to take good care of my 3 other siblings. plus to manage our small merchandise store.
and same as you are, i was also put in that sit. wherein, i need to cook food for my 3 siblings. i need to bathe them one by one. wash their clothes. and teach them. all these things that i need to do for them. plus managing our own small store. wow, it is really tiring. that i need to do all of those chores. as my parents are so busy doing their jobs and we do not have any nanny or maid in our home. thus my parents usually reminds me that i need to do this and do that since i was the eldest child.
thus, doing a babysitting is not an easy thing to do. it requires a lot of your time having your patience, skills and perseverance are at stake.
@davaome (1826)
• Philippines
7 Dec 11
It seems i'm not the only one suffering with baby sitting. it's good that we have a maid that would cook, clean, wash clothes, and take care of our store, and i was only left with taking care of my 3 siblings. you must have had a difficult time doing all of those things.
and I would like to say to you, Good job. I bet I can't do that all, i would go berserk to my parents if that would happen.
thank you for he very good response
have a good day as well airasheila
@whatrow (792)
• United States
6 Dec 11
I babysit 3 children for my neighbor. My job is really easy. I go to the house after the father leaves for work. I stay until the mother (who works nights) comes home. Most of the time the children are sleeping. They usually don't wake up until a half-hour before the mother comes home. They are very self-sufficient and they know how to take care of their siblings if there is a problem. The reason I am there is to get them out of the house if there is a fire or other emergency.
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@befrindwithme26 (5805)
• Philippines
6 Dec 11
Being baby sitter i think it is happy,disturbing/annoying and other etc..Especially when you are working something in home, and the baby crying,and you need to care and comfort the baby. it is hard .
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@befrindwithme26 (5805)
• Philippines
7 Dec 11
Yes annoying but you enjoy with them..baby's are enjoyable,but if they cried can't stop you feel angry ..hahah..but they are enjoyable, love kids..
@Mashnn (4501)
•
6 Dec 11
Iam a mother; which means that I have already baby sitted my child. It is not so easy as most people think. That is why I feel so bad for those who mistreat their nannies. It is good that you were able to experience it and appreciate the hard work that most women do.
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@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
6 Dec 11
My parents went away a few times, but they didn't really need to leave anyone in charge because my sisters and I are very close in age. I just made sure we had food.
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@aprilsong (1884)
• China
6 Dec 11
Being babysitter is really a hard work. Now you know it well. And i think it is good to have the experience, because with this experience, we will have a clear understanding of how hard being a parent, and how hard to raising kids. Therefore, we should try to be helpful to our parents, and give them more understanding and take good care of them when they get old.
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@davaome (1826)
• Philippines
6 Dec 11
Yes, and hopefully i will not become a parent anytime soon because I think I can't do a very good job as parent. that's why maybe some get baby sitters.
Thank you for sharing and your comment. I will make sure to say thank you to parents :)
happy mylotting :)
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
11 Dec 11
i had never experienced baby sitting before. never. i am the first born in our family and my other siblings got married before me so even when i was single back then i dont baby sit for them. first because i dont know how, second i dont like that responsibility for i know it is not easy. but when my wife gave birth... iwas forced to do so.. of course. it was heart breaking when our baby cries and we dont know what the reason was. it was rattling to get him milk while he was crying. it was not easy... but from my experience it was a learning and me and my son grow together. if you will ask me if i will baby sit now yes i would but not infants... har har har i want children who can talk already.
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
11 Dec 11
i guess one rule in baby sitting is dont give in too much. just like you after awhile your siblings knows how to behave and you now have the authority on them. good job. my wife always tell me not to give in at our kid too much for he is manipulating me. har har har. how can you not give in when he has his puppy eyes look. just like puss in boots at shrek. 
@davaome (1826)
• Philippines
11 Dec 11
I agree that it's easier to baby sit someone who can talk, because if you ask them what they want you can easily give it but to the likes of my 1 year old sister, I would really freak out when she will cry, because she has so many demands and you wouldn't know because she could say what she wanted, and it was very difficult, but I guess I love doing it because it is somehow rewarding for me and I get to have quality time with my little siblings
@Lhenni (1242)
• Philippines
6 Dec 11
I have 3 children now and I'm hands-on to them. It's really hard but as a mother, it's a fulfilling responsibility!
I remember, I used to babysit my nieces every summer when there's no school. At my young age then, I think I was just 15,.. I really find it hard to deal with them. I take them to bath. I fed them. I played with them.... glad that they're so cute that I always make gigil to them. They're 3 by the way. And they also had their yaya. I just had a vacation to their place far from our house... for a change every summer. It's quite remembering. They are all grown up now and in college. Time really runs fast...
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@ardoy0731 (7308)
• Philippines
6 Dec 11
I do experience to babysit my niece and nephew for awhile.You really have a very long patience for us not to get mad easily.They really love to play,go everywhere and try to disturb you in what you are doing.But I still enjoy to babysit them,our bonding time is watching cartoons or child oriented movies in dvd.
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@littjeter37 (51)
• United States
6 Dec 11
Personally I believe babysitting is very fun, well it depends if the kids your babysitting are wild or not. One thing about babysitting is that you cannot be lazy! Kids are always looking to play and have fun!
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@davaome (1826)
• Philippines
6 Dec 11
True that being a babysitter should not be lazy, because like my siblings, are always hyper and I need to play with them for them to enjoy and prevent them from crying and at the same time be able to look after them.
Thank you for sharing
Happy mylotting
