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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP Thank you for stepping up and helping this child. It is not her fault, or her Mothers that they are in the situation they are in. We need more people like you wiling to help others out and not make it all about the money.
I do agree with some of the others about her crying out for attention but can see how it can be annoying at the same time. Kids are mentally draining and do deal with it in the evening is hard when everyone is tired.
Maybe tell her if she can amuse herself for x amount of time you will play a game with her when the time is up. Start small and then work up. Or do a behavior chart, with stickers for not interrupting phone calls etc and then a reward when she has x amount of stickers.
Turn a negative into a positive for her.[/quote]

OP: Thanks. I will try the behaviour chart. I am not on the phone often. That was a bad example. Her mother will call me when she arrives at my apartment and I need to answer the phone so I can buzz her pass the gates. The hardest part is making dinner. She wants to be involved and my toddler will follow her lead. It's tricky letting them both help out because I am usually chopping veggies or doing something on the stove. It's hard to keep them both safe. [/quote]

Baby gate in the kitchen.  Toddler in the high chair with toys or snacks.  Put the TV on for the older child.  Or, make dinner in advanced when child is in school.[/quote]

Toddler uses a toddler set of silverware to "cut" soft items like bananas and mushrooms.  7 year old uses a normal, small knife while you supervise.  Toddler plays with dry pasta, 7 year old stands on a chair (if necessary) to stir pasta in the water.  There are only two kids, why is this so hard?![/quote]

Op here: I'm glad it works for you but I do not feel comfortable involving both children in cooking. Too many things could go wrong. [/quote]

Let the mother know you can't watch two children simultaneously.  Invest in birth control so that you don't have a second child.  If two children at such different ages are too much of a challenge, I cringe imagining you with two who are both under 5.[/quote]

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