How to handle in-laws who are sending mixed messages after having enthusiastically offered to take care of their grandchildren for a week while the parents go on an adults-only vacation.
There’s four weeks left before school starts and a WAHM needs childcare advice because, SUMMER.
A mom is in tricky childcare situation and trying to decide between her daycare option and a loving grandpa. Amalah weighs in and would love insight and experience from BTDT parents.
It can be a bummer to let a babysitter go (and have to find a new one!) but sometimes it can be an important life lesson for your children.
A family childcare situation is putting a lot of stress on the kids and the parent in charge. The stressed-out mom needs some advice on how to handle this sticky situation.
Grandma was caught on tape losing her temper while watching her grandkids. A mom asks whether (and, if so, how) she should confront her very sensitive-to-criticism mom about the incident.
A mom needs help discerning whether her baby’s negative reaction to daycare is regular separation anxiety or something more concerning.
A teacher is at home full-time this summer with a toddler and an infant, and each morning dreads the super long intensive daylight parenting hours ahead of her. Is there more to this than just the new summer schedule? Amalah thinks maybe.
A mom needs help making a career decision that will impact how she spends time with her kids and outsources some caregiving duties. She turns to Amalah for advice.
So you had to fire the nanny or sitter or leave the daycare suddenly. Do you just move on? Or do you write it up so other parents are informed?
What is the role of the babysitter? Are they just there to care for children or should they be doing light household chores too?
An older toddler is having a difficult time with separation anxiety at daycare. His parents can’t decide whether they should stick it out or start looking for other options. It’s a special situation and Amalah helps navigate the details.
Expectant parents are debating how to handle childcare arrangements for their toddler when they’re in the hospital for childbirth. They’re at a stalemate over grandparent childcare.
A mom of a young baby is considering a daycare option close to her new work opportunity rather than her home. Is it a doable option?
Should I be concerned that my baby will have different (but loving family) caregivers most days of the week? Will it cause attachment issues in my infant?
My parents are secretly planning to move near my immediate family. They are functional alcoholics and the stress of them pressuring to consistently babysit my young son is leading me to actually consider moving out-of-state.
My mother-in-law will be caring for my baby daily when my maternity leave ends. How do I set-up appropriate boundaries and manage that tricky relationship?
Many parents dread getting their kids clean at the end of the day but how often do they really need a bath?
Seriously, I want a straight answer. Is there a secret formula out there other moms are using?
Because you probably don’t want to hand your kid over to someone you met on the Internet. Oh, wait…
