[253/365] babysitting

[cosmolinguist]

I'm babysitting for the first time since someone who's now about 10 was a toddler.

This is another friend's toddler, one I'm delighted to see every so often with her mum who's an old friend of mine.

Today I've had a really easy job: I got here in time for the toddler to be put to bed and ideally I won't have to do anything more. It's the first time she's been left without her parents for an evening so it's a bit of an adventure for us all. She seemed extremely suspicious of someone else being around while she was being put to bed, but was really her usual cheerful self. It's been an hour and all has been quiet so far.

So I'm watching the Rugby World Cup and one of my favorite radio DJs talking about one of my favorite things: a ghost story.

Comments

[otter]

Awww :) Fun that you got to be there at bedtime :)

[cosmolinguist]

Yeah, today I just hung around because haggis thought it might be better for the wee girl if she did wake up and found someone other than her mum and dad was there, because otherwise it might make things worse instead of better. And the idea is that maybe, on future babysitting adventures, they can go out before bedtime and I can put her to bed myself.