just gonna rant here.
So. I care for my cousins small baby while she's in school. Not mandatory to be there or anything for the first month as long as she gets her work done. Not the point. I mentioned to her that I'm not sure how long I can care for her child as I'm planning on going back to school I mentioned it's going to be done at home for the first year or so aside from tests and such and my child is able to play in the livingroom while I sit in the kitchen. And do my work since I can just stand up from the table and peek at her and such. She told me that she's only gone 5 or so hours a day and that I can still watch her child but do my school work after. He's a breastfed baby and I can't even put him down without him getting angry. How is that even fair? I'm only obligated to watch one child. My own. She also told me when I mentioned it that she'll just move out too then. I'm a stay at home mom and it seems like everyone just assumes I do nothing all day and they can pawn their children off on me. When I start school between housekeeping and taking care of my child while doing my school work having meals prepped and made and going to hand in modules and going in for tests and finals and such AND having a small baby attached at the hip I'm not going to have any time for myself....
It's like as soon as people decide to go to work or school or whatever they look at the sahm and throw their children at her. I'm actually laughing at her choosing to move out considering she's got a massive bedroom with an ensuite with a Jacuzzi soaker tub and she's going to trade that up for a small bedroom at her friends house that's a nasty disaster all the time for more than what she's paying here. ??????
I'm not allowing her to walk all over me not am I letting her tell me what I can and can't do. I'm just frustrated that she acts like it's my obligation. She threatened to move out like it was a big deal or something when we pay 95% of everything. ?
She’s very much running over YOU. This is the same cousin who told you not to give her child formula but the baby won’t take a bottle and got you stressed for no reason. Like pp said, you need to grow a back bone. She either give her kid formula or she can stay at home and raise her own child.