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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My question is about babysitting-my mil has very generously offered to watch our 3 year old while we attend an out of town wedding. I'd really like to go but am concerned because last time we visited I noticed she'd already collected a small stockpile of hickory switches ("for inffin' he gives me any guff.")  There's also a "crick" (class II Rapids) adjoining her property but several times she's left him outside in the care of only a nanny goat.  The other issue is my brother would have to do drop off-he's gay and MIL always pretends like she's blind when he's around (sunglasses, cane, the whole thing-I think it's an allegory.)

What should I do JaJ? [/quote]

At least your MIL leaves your child with a nanny goat. My MIL offered to put DD on a leash attached to the clothes line when I expressed concern about her running into the road while unsupervised. [/quote]

Goats are actually quite maternal. It used to be the norm to leave young ones with a lactating goat for protection during the day while parents went to work in the mines. In my grandmother's house there was a hand-stitched burlap piece of wall art that said, "Woe be to you who would mess with my goat. Woe be to me who would trespass near her. For my babe is my own, the horns are hers alone. Step back or she'll charge ya, my dear one." My cousin got that one. It was also a common thing to say "Your mother must have been kicked by a goat when she was pregnant with you" if someone was ornery or overly stubborn. So stop judging your MIL so harshly. Pearl clutchers. Your snowflake will be just fine, as have generations before her.[/quote]

Exactly. This is where the word "nanny" actually comes from -- Nanny Goat. (I wrote my thesis on the childcare practices of the early Appalachian Gluten Free Folk.)[/quote]

I actually get along better with the nanny goat than w/ MIl-she's very warm (NG, that is.) Anyway, my point was not to criticize NG, it's the "crick" I'm concerned about as she's not trained as a lifeguard. Maybe I should get her a puddle-jumper? [/quote]

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