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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MB here.  I get that mom shouldn't have come during the time out.  But, really, only a monster would hear their child crying in pain and not run over to make sure they are okay.   I am sure that rationally she knows that you have it handled, but some things are not really rational.

I think that maybe you could just go into a conversation open ended, and tell her that you don't think that things are going well in the mornings and ask what it is that she wants you to do in order to make things more routine.  That way you two are on the same page.

I think it's possible that she is annoyed with the way you are handling those situations as well.  I have an au pair and a PT babysitter one morning a week.  With my au pair, mornings are how you describe.  She doesn't seem to know what to do when I am there, can't really adjust when things aren't going according to her schedule, and it's just chaos.  With my babysitter, things are much smoother.  She immediately takes charge.  She may or may not do the dishes right then or get them dressed.   Her main priority right then is keeping the kids occupied with something fun while I finish getting dressed.  She does dishes and gets them dressed later.  That way, if I run into the room because I forgot my cell phone or want to give my children a kiss goodbye, the kids aren't crying and asking to come with me.  They are too busy.

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OP here, thanks for the feedback and advice.

I want to address what you said, PP. It's not that I don't know what to do when she is around. I'm perfectly capable of handling the morning routine and getting things taken care of. If I would let my charge do what he wanted and play, all would be fine. But we have a morning schedule and school to get to. The problem comes when I ask him to do unprefered tasks and he cries for his mom. Instead of staying out of things or telling her son he needs to listen, she swoops in and gives him what he wants. It's hard to do your job when things like that happen![/quote]

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