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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks. She’s mostly fine with the kids, although it probably bothers me more because of the petty things when she does something I find stupid like letting the baby chew on books. Hello, we said the baby realllllly likes to eat paper, so don’t let her near paper or take it away. What do you think that book you handed her is made out of? Sigh.[/quote]

Most people don’t hire APs for babies because they don’t have the knowledge and experience to be fully trusted. Also, while I haven’t read through the thread, why is she cleaning your drawers?[/quote]

OP. Not cleaning drawers, but shoving things from the kitchen counter in to “clean” in an attempt to be “helpful.”

For example, day 1 after she got here, she moved the coffee off the counter and shoved it in the wrong cabinet. Did not ask where it goes or even if it should be put away. Day 2 morning, I literally spend a bleary 20 min looking for my damn coffee to make some. It’s coffee and yes, I have a coffee habit.

She randomly decides to do stuff like this when bored. Cleaned baby bottles and instead of leaving them to dry, shoved wet bottles into a cabinet. Got groceries and i ran to the bathroom before putting them away? Get back and half the groceries have been unpacked already. Does not ask where things go or even notice where things have traditionally gone. She takes a pot to cook something out of one cabinet, cleans it after use, then puts it back somewhere else and NOT where it originally came from. Repeat this 100x over the last three months and you reach my level of aggravation with her...

Yes, she is TRYING to be helpful. But her help is the opposite a lot, which is why I’m trying to find a way to be less annoyed with each, new incident. Because ther will be something new next week or the week after that will inevitably annoy me. [/quote]

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