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Marc Jacobs

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I should be at work, but I'm been waiting for the cable guy for the past hour and half...and I'm sitting in the kitchen w/the front door open.  MIL had told me the lady next door did some babysitting and how she screamed at the kids all the time and let babies cry etc.  I didnt think anything of it, cuz MIL tends to exaggerate or add to her stories a lot.  But for the past hour a baby has been crying almost non stop.  I feel horrible, since DD also has a babysitter 2xs a week, I would hate to think that they would ever let her cry so long.  It breaks my heart just to think about it!  I dont know what to do.  MIL's house is in a lower income area and I know the lady is very affordable for low income families.  I dont know if the parents have anywhere else to take their babies.  I also am afraid of what she would do if I called her on it? 

What do I do?

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wow...i dont know. Could you call the landlord or whoever would be in charge to speak with her so you dont have to do it yourself? Not only is it a noise problem...but if the babysitter really isnt providing proper care for the baby(s)/children she shouldnt be allowed to watch them. Regardless if thats the only affordable option.

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brazilian wrote:

wow...i dont know. Could you call the landlord or whoever would be in charge to speak with her so you dont have to do it yourself? Not only is it a noise problem...but if the babysitter really isnt providing proper care for the baby(s)/children she shouldnt be allowed to watch them. Regardless if thats the only affordable option.

I totally agree. Let the landlord know that's it been going on for a while now, like your MIL said.



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Perhaps a call in to the county Job and Family Services? If the woman has been qualified to provide childcare and receives government subsidized childcare fees than she should be observed.

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hmm. lilah will sometimes cry for over an hour even with me consoling/rocking her...just because she's pissed and doesn't want to nap. (and she's got some lungs)

but if she's also screaming at the other kids, maybe the situation is different..

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maybe the next time you hear the baby crying for a while, stop by the house and ask if everything is ok? That way you'll show that you're aware of the noise and you're concerned enough to ask about it. It is a tough situation, I know, because sometimes babies are inconsolable.

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She doesnt live on the same duplex property as I do, she lives in the house next to ours, they're about 10 feet apart, so I wouldnt be able to tell our landlord.

Erin... I thought the same thing, maybe she's a fussy baby or maybe she was colicky? And since I didnt hear the woman yelling or anything, I was thinking about what MIL had said, I wasnt sure, but I was definitely worried.

Starstuff, I was thinking that was my best option, just walk over and ask her if everything was ok, maybe she had fallen & couldnt get up to get the baby or tell her something like that.

The cable guys showed up shortly after I posted and I lost track, but if it happens again, I'll ask her if everything is fine, just to be sure.

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