TEXT TOPIC: Who refuses to let anyone watch their kid?

My husband tells me I'm a bad mom if I want to take time off with my friends or family. Now I'm anxious if I takeoff any time from her.

Nobody EVER watched my girls, hubby agreed, they were only little for a short time, we took them with us everywhere, could take them anywhere best behaved kids & toddlers. They are now 18 &12 we have traveled & cruised w/them.

It's me. It's hard on relationship and friendships. But I think it's worth it. I can work on my needs later.

My sons are three and 4 months. We have had a sitter just a hand full of times, and its only my sister in-law that can watch them. I work a lot and my wife and I enjoy our Family time.

My cousin and I have babies that are the same age and she refuses to leave him and I''ve really noticed a difference in our postpartum because of it, I knew I needed time to myself and it has helped immensely but she is having a hard time

Secretly my husband thinks I don’t want to leave my 1.5 yr old with anyone. But really I make up every excuse possible not to go out because I don't want her going to my mother-in-law’s. And it will start an argument with my husband. So I would rather just not go out. My mother-in-law is rough and makes her cry every time we see her. So I’m not crazy there are reasons behind it but it makes me the crazy one.

I don’t refuse to have my kids baby babysat. I just feel guilty having other people babysit my kids so that I can go out. And I’m very selective of who I let watch my kids.

I have 4 kids and never let anyone watch them unless it was an emergency but never for me to go out. I felt too guilty and like a bad mom if I would have left them.

We only had an aunt or a close family friend watch our daughter when she was little. We did not start getting her a baby sitter until she was a little over 2 and we had moved to Texas. Other than that I take, we have 2 now, with us to dinner a lot as a family.

We never let anyone watch our kid not even family! We've only had 2 date nights in 2 years and sadly we don't have any friends that invite us anywhere.

I only let my sitter watch my daughter and her dad - I don't trust anyone else. Basically my husband and I

my sister has not left her son yet and refuses to. He is a year and a half. He has Down syndrome and has had some health issues.. regardless every parent should take a break/personal time!

My son doesn’t go with a babysitter a lot. But it’s because I already have so much mom guilt about leaving him during the day that I try and soak up every chance I get to be with him. So, kind of the flipside of all that

My sister in law skipped out on a paid trip to Hawaii and lake Powell because she won't leave her kids!

I won't let my brother and his wife watch my son! They are just dirty people, their kids always have a weird smell and are always just dirty!

I have 15 month old twins & my husband & I have only had 3 date nights since they were born. Never a full night away. My in laws are incompetent & I don’t trust them with my kids

My friend- She feels guilty leaving him at daycare, so she won’t let him out of her sight the rest of the time. She doesn’t go on dates with her husband she won’t let her mom watch him.

My mom, I didn't have a babysitter til I was 4. Mom was so overprotective!

I have recently told my mom and sister they can''t watch my kids cuz they pick on my son but treat my girls like they''re perfect. They have somethingto say any time he''s in the wrong or the right. Also my mother in law is worse... she''s a drug addict and she''s homeless. Needless to say I can''t rely onany of them to watch my babies.

I'm that person or was. My son never slept over until he was 7. My husband and I dont do date nights, I was a stay at home mom so childcare just wasnever needed. He is 11 now has maybe had a few sleepovers with only family and a hand full of times gone to friends after school.

My husband was insistent about waiting for our first son to be1 yr before someone could babysit him. Second son was 3 months

We didn't get babysitters because it was so difficult to leave a child with disabilities and that already is a strain on marriage.

My 5 month niece Adalyn was killed by her babysitter in May. I have never had anyone other my mom and sisters to watch my 1 & 3 yr old boys and never will. Superinconvenient sometimes.. hubby hates it, but I''d rather my boys be with someone I know & trust.

I was molested when I was younger by a cousin. The only reason it came to lie was because I spoke up to my mother. so I don''t feel comfortable leaving my daughter until she is able to speak And let me know if anything happens.

In this day and age it's very hard to leave child with people. People are crazy-trust level low. People will do things to your child and not even think twice about it. So it may sound crazy not to leave the child but I'd rather keep them. We don't live in the world that we grew up in.

My husband and I each work 45-50 hours and I get so much grief from all my extended family that I'm not home with the kids. Not all of us can stayhome financially.

My mom can't watch my little girls because my brother lives with her and he is a child predator, he has been charged and convicted he served time. After he got out she choose to protect him over ever being able to ever watch her grand babies again. Even if he moved out I still couldn’t trust her now.

We''ve been together nine years, not once Have we gone on a date, I’m too OCD about what will go wrong in that one time I let somebody watch the kids. If we do something hall door of us go.

My story is a little different. I was a working mom and left my children with family during the day. I was lucky enough to have family that I trusted, but never left my children to go out and do anything for myself because I felt so guilty about having to leave them during the day. Looking back I wished I would have taken more time for myself and did more self-care.

Mine is mom guilt. I feel bad leaving my kids with the grandparents. They have 5 kids and 13 grandkids, they are watching grandkids ALL THE TIME. I don’t know the teenagers well enough around here

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