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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So people really go visit family and utilize 15-20 hours of outside babysitting? Like you all think this is totally normal? [/quote] No. Totally bizarre. 4 non-kid events in 1 week? Very weird with a 2 month old. I actually couldn’t have done it nursing, because I couldn’t have pumped enough to go out that much... It’s not as simple as “you’ll have twice as much milk when you come back” as one PP claims.[/quote]

OP here. Never said 4. We're going to 3 non-kid events; dinner for two evenings for probably 4-5 hours, where our kids would be sleeping anyway for a majority of the time if we were home, and a daytime activity for maybe 4-6 hours. Beyond that, as I previously already stated, we told them baby is perfectly fine coming and wouldn't be a bother but both sil and bil want to go out without baby.

We have already decided to cover the cost of both sitters as a pp made a good point that I hadn't realized earlier but is obvious, about cost equaling close to $40/hour, which would come out to $10/per child, which they have one, so not going to quibble over it. [/quote]

This is nice of you to do OP, but all the PPs saying it was unfair of you the othe way we’re wrong. If your sitter was fine watching all 4 kids, but THEY wanted an additional sitter for their infant, then they should pay for that additional sitter. I guarantee you when you go visit them in the future and need a sitter, they’re going t insist you pay “because you hVe three kids.” [/quote]

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