Ask Amy: Future family visit fuels some fears
What do you think I should do?
– Concerned Grandparent
Dear Concerned: You raised your son. You are now helping to raise his child.
Babies this age normally take two naps a day. Having a rested baby is better than an exhausted and fussy baby, and rested babies tend to sleep better than exhausted babies.
These parents need to trust your judgment. I suggest that you carry on, letting the child sleep when she needs to, and if the parents confront you about it, you should tell them that you believe it is better for their baby if she is allowed to follow her body’s need to nap briefly in the morning.
If they have a problem letting you follow this commonsense and compassionate practice and want to “fire” you over it, let them find and compensate another caregiver, who might be less personally invested in the baby’s well-being.
Dear Amy: I’m responding to your recent quip “…i f you don’t think that our higher power has a sense of humor, I suggest you take a good, long look around.”
It has always been my opinion that any God who could create a camel had to have a sense of humor.
– Rabbi Yaakov Lavon
Dear Rabbi Lavon: Amen!
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