If your one year old is going through separation anxiety, you might consider skipping date night for a few weeks until it passes, especially if she's already in full-time daycare.

My 2 year old daughter is going through some separation anxiety, so we canceled our date night for this weekend. It's the right thing to do.

Huh? What is she doing wrong, besides giving you her opinion?

Anonymous wrote:We have an date night sitter that has been with us for 6 months. Our daughter is one years old. There has been some issues with getting her to take a bottle and go to bed at night. She does fine at daycare. We talked with the sitter and she told is many young children do fine at daycare but have issues at home because it's their " personal" space and used to mommy and daddy. She doesn't have a problem with us. I don't know if I agree. I want to fire her and find a sitter that will take better care of her. She is going through some separation anxiety. How do you fire a sitter? Do we write a bad review?

How old are you?

Wow. So many things to say here. First of all: your sitter is right. Many many babies have a bit of separation anxiety and give sitters a hard time with eating and bedtime. Second of all- she is giving her advice and only trying to help. Even if you don't like it or don't agree, she doesn't mean any harm. You should feel lucky to have a sitter who cares enough to give her opinion on why the baby has been having a hard time eating and sleeping with her. Also- don't give her a bad review. That's just plain mean. She hasn't done anything wrong, at all. She sounds super smart and knowledgeable for knowing these things about babies, so she would make an excellent sitter for someone else who isn't offended by her giving her advice. Don't hinder her getting another job just because you don't agree with her.

Wowwwwwwww do nannies and babysitters a favor and stay home with your snowflake. Btw you are wrong, babies often won't eat with strangers!

Anonymous wrote:We have an date night sitter that has been with us for 6 months. Our daughter is one years old. There has been some issues with getting her to take a bottle and go to bed at night. She does fine at daycare. We talked with the sitter and she told is many young children do fine at daycare but have issues at home because it's their " personal" space and used to mommy and daddy. She doesn't have a problem with us. I don't know if I agree. I want to fire her and find a sitter that will take better care of her. She is going through some separation anxiety. How do you fire a sitter? Do we write a bad review?

You are ridiculous. Stay home.

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here. Your sitter is giving you their honest opinion. Be grateful that you have a sitter that is honest with you. Separation anxiety can flare up at bedtime especially. Firing a sitter over that is just mindboggling.

Stop saying "fire the sitter". You can't fire someone that isn't an employee. You just stop scheduling that sitter and use another. This thread is stupid.

Nanny here. Your sitter is giving you their honest opinion. Be grateful that you have a sitter that is honest with you. Separation anxiety can flare up at bedtime especially. Firing a sitter over that is just mindboggling.

Good heavens. Your sitter is right. Your child is normal.

You have a long parenting road ahead of you.

- MB

If you write a review for the babysitter and say that your daughter won't take a bottle from her, you will look BATSHIT crazy. This is crazy OP. Just stop scheduling her. I tell you this not because I think she is a bad sitter, but because she doesn't deserve to deal with your insanity any longer.

is this a troll post? are you trying to start a debate over bottle use after a year?

If you don't want to use her any more don't use her, but why on earth would you write a bad review for her?

How does one "fire a date night sitter" exactly? Wouldn't you just simply not schedule her and stay at home with your infant child versus going on a date? Then when you decide to go out again schedule a different sitter? Why do so many parents here act like this is rocket science?

Sitter is likely correct. That will pass. little kids' separation anxiety ebbs and flows. Bring over grandma sometimes and watch the same show.

We have an date night sitter that has been with us for 6 months. Our daughter is one years old. There has been some issues with getting her to take a bottle and go to bed at night. She does fine at daycare. We talked with the sitter and she told is many young children do fine at daycare but have issues at home because it's their " personal" space and used to mommy and daddy. She doesn't have a problem with us. I don't know if I agree. I want to fire her and find a sitter that will take better care of her. She is going through some separation anxiety. How do you fire a sitter? Do we write a bad review?