OP here, the one poster was right; I do get outbreaks when I'm stressed out.
I'm not a sports fan, in fact I didn't even know there was a game-!

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Anonymous wrote:He may be nervous about being alone with you and worried he'll say the wrong thing. Easier for him to just keep his mouth shut. Today he was probably trying to catch the USA/Canada hockey game.

Does he just stay out of your hair? Maybe he doesn't want to rile the baby up. I'd much rather a parent who was home and ignored me than a parent who was following us around.

As for the mom, perhaps something is going on at work that is causing her to be scatterbrained. If she said she planned to be home before the dad and now she's working long hours, I'd bet something is going on.

I don't know, I suppose I don't find these things to be that major and especially considering you had a hard time finding a job I don't think I'd quit over something like this.

Hockey in the US isn't as popular as it seems to be in Canada so i highly doubt anyone would rush home to watch a hockey game.

OP what do you mean "outbreaks on my lip"? That statement is weird in itself.

Someone is obviously not a hockey fan or lives with one.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He may be nervous about being alone with you and worried he'll say the wrong thing. Easier for him to just keep his mouth shut. Today he was probably trying to catch the USA/Canada hockey game.

Does he just stay out of your hair? Maybe he doesn't want to rile the baby up. I'd much rather a parent who was home and ignored me than a parent who was following us around.

As for the mom, perhaps something is going on at work that is causing her to be scatterbrained. If she said she planned to be home before the dad and now she's working long hours, I'd bet something is going on.

I don't know, I suppose I don't find these things to be that major and especially considering you had a hard time finding a job I don't think I'd quit over something like this.

Hockey in the US isn't as popular as it seems to be in Canada so i highly doubt anyone would rush home to watch a hockey game.

OP what do you mean "outbreaks on my lip"? That statement is weird in itself.

I think she means she breaks out when she's stressed. Not so uncommon ...

If these are FTPs, they're probably also a little nervous about this new relationship. I think it's likely all ok.

Anonymous wrote:He may be nervous about being alone with you and worried he'll say the wrong thing. Easier for him to just keep his mouth shut. Today he was probably trying to catch the USA/Canada hockey game.

Does he just stay out of your hair? Maybe he doesn't want to rile the baby up. I'd much rather a parent who was home and ignored me than a parent who was following us around.

As for the mom, perhaps something is going on at work that is causing her to be scatterbrained. If she said she planned to be home before the dad and now she's working long hours, I'd bet something is going on.

I don't know, I suppose I don't find these things to be that major and especially considering you had a hard time finding a job I don't think I'd quit over something like this.

Hockey in the US isn't as popular as it seems to be in Canada so i highly doubt anyone would rush home to watch a hockey game.

OP what do you mean "outbreaks on my lip"? That statement is weird in itself.

Op here, thanks for your replies. I figure it's worth it for the awesome baby!

Just try to ignore them and do your job. Working for weird bosses is in my experience the norm.

Maybe he has social skills or other issues. It may not be you but just his personality.

He may be nervous about being alone with you and worried he'll say the wrong thing. Easier for him to just keep his mouth shut. Today he was probably trying to catch the USA/Canada hockey game.

Does he just stay out of your hair? Maybe he doesn't want to rile the baby up. I'd much rather a parent who was home and ignored me than a parent who was following us around.

As for the mom, perhaps something is going on at work that is causing her to be scatterbrained. If she said she planned to be home before the dad and now she's working long hours, I'd bet something is going on.

I don't know, I suppose I don't find these things to be that major and especially considering you had a hard time finding a job I don't think I'd quit over something like this.

I started a job last October, and I have totally fallen in love with the baby. The parents, though, are making me crazy. The mom is very nice, but so scatterbrained. I don't believe much of what she says, because she doesn't stick to her word. When there's any conversation, she starts on different tangents. She is gone by the time I'm here in the morning, and rarely comes home at night when I leave (even though the schedule said she would be home more often than the father.)
I don't care for the father at all. He rarely speaks to me, unless I initiate the conversation. Not even a good morning when I arrive. Every morning since I have started here, I come to a living room where the shutters are closed, and the lights are off. It's always so deadly quiet that I wonder if they are all still asleep. I hate the silence. Today, the baby and I were downstairs playing, and I heard come in and race up the stairs, no hello or anything; I thought maybe he was sick, so I just let it be. I was so surprised when he came down and told me he came home to watch a game on TV. (He comes home for lunch every day, too, and I feel so awkward). He hardly ever speaks, and I'm thinking if I didn't love the baby as much as I do, I would so out of here.
I had a really hard time trying to find a job, and had to take a big pay cut for this job. If I were to leave, I I know it would hard as heck to find another job.....I just dread it.
I know; what they do is not my business, that I only take care of the baby and his needs, but this weirdness is making me stressed enough that I've had outbreaks on my lip.
Sorry this so long, but I would welcome advice from nannies and parents.