List for the Babysitter
When you are gone for any length of time, you generally leave a list for a babysitter, right? Some hints, suggestions, rules, along with making sure everything is all set for them.
But, what to do when it is Daddy who is staying home with the kids. Alone. It's rare, but it happens.
Usually, around here, it happens when all kids are sleeping, so there is nothing to it.
But, tomorrow, I'm heading out for the whole day with just Monkey, leaving Bear and Cub home with their Daddy.
Things I have thought of doing tonight: laying out clothes for both boys, moving the car seats and the stroller to Daddy's car(Monkey and I are taking the truck), putting Bear's sippy cups out on the table for easy access for Hubs, leaving a list of what each child should eat and drink for lunch, snacks, and dinner(I'll be here for breakfast), as well as what they can drink through the day, packing toys and extra clothes in his car in case the boys need them for the picnic that they are going to tomorrow night, writing a reminder of when Cub goes down for a nap and what to do if he wakes up after less than 2 hours, reminding Hubs that Bear still needs help wiping his bottom, showing him how the stroller unfolds/folds, reminding him of where we keep the medical cards, telling him what the boys are/are not allowed to do at the picnic, reminding him that Bear will go visit the neighbors at Gram's house if Hubs leaves him outside by himself, suggesting that Cub not be allowed in the inflatable jumpy thing with his older cousins, leaving out their pjs, and setting their bedtimes.
Seriously. For my own husband. The boys' father.
He should be able to do all this by himself. Or at least improvise.
It's just one day.
I am going to do NONE of the things on my list. He'll be fine.
Wanna bet that I get a call at lunchtime: Hon, where are Cub's sippy cups?
But, what to do when it is Daddy who is staying home with the kids. Alone. It's rare, but it happens.
Usually, around here, it happens when all kids are sleeping, so there is nothing to it.
But, tomorrow, I'm heading out for the whole day with just Monkey, leaving Bear and Cub home with their Daddy.
Things I have thought of doing tonight: laying out clothes for both boys, moving the car seats and the stroller to Daddy's car(Monkey and I are taking the truck), putting Bear's sippy cups out on the table for easy access for Hubs, leaving a list of what each child should eat and drink for lunch, snacks, and dinner(I'll be here for breakfast), as well as what they can drink through the day, packing toys and extra clothes in his car in case the boys need them for the picnic that they are going to tomorrow night, writing a reminder of when Cub goes down for a nap and what to do if he wakes up after less than 2 hours, reminding Hubs that Bear still needs help wiping his bottom, showing him how the stroller unfolds/folds, reminding him of where we keep the medical cards, telling him what the boys are/are not allowed to do at the picnic, reminding him that Bear will go visit the neighbors at Gram's house if Hubs leaves him outside by himself, suggesting that Cub not be allowed in the inflatable jumpy thing with his older cousins, leaving out their pjs, and setting their bedtimes.
Seriously. For my own husband. The boys' father.
He should be able to do all this by himself. Or at least improvise.
It's just one day.
I am going to do NONE of the things on my list. He'll be fine.
Wanna bet that I get a call at lunchtime: Hon, where are Cub's sippy cups?
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