Okay, so, my cousin cheyenne is getting married this summer, and her stagette is on saturday. I'm not going (i think it would be pretty much a giveaway if I came home drunk), but chey's wondering if I can babysit for her best friend, larissa, so riss can go to the stagette. Larissa has two kids, a three year old boy (caden) and a two month old girl (sophia). What's going to happen is at about five, my mom's going to drive me to larissa's house, and i'm going to look after the kids, feed them, put them to bed, etc. Larissa's boyfriend left her last month, so i'm basically her only babysitting hope. However, my mom is concerned that looking after sophia will be too much for me. I'm a good babysitter, and i'm experienced too, but I don't know sophia and caden as well as I know some of the other kids i've babysat for. I've met them a few times, but i'm still not positive. Another thing is that sophia has had problems keeping milk down - soy, regular, skim, homo, whatever. Riss hasn't been able to figure out what's wrong with her, but apparently she's taking her to the doctor's tomorrow so it will be sorted out by saturday. Also, caden can apparently be a handful, and doesn't listen to babysitters. Now, i've had kids like that before, and usually i'm able to handle it. I'm really happy that chey and larissa are trusting me to be able to take care of an infant, but would it be wrong for me to accept? Riss apparently doesn't drink, so she'll be able to drive me home afterwards. The stagette is at chey's apartment, ten minutes away from larissa's house, so i've been told that if there are any problems, I can call and she'll come home.
Should I be wary that larissa is leaving me with a two month old? I've never babysat practically a newborn for that long before (it'll likely be five-seven hours), and chey and riss both think I can handle it, and I think that things will probably be fine, but what if something goes wrong? I need some awesome advice from you girls. Should I consider for a few days? Make sure I understand how things work more??
Mattea xxxxx
