Babysitting and baby taking her first steps?

Question

I am a mom, to a 7.5 month old. I babysit my niece sometimes in the morning, shes 10 months. Shes on the verge of taking her first steps without holding on to anything.

My question is, if she does it here, should I tell her mom and dad or not?

If it was the other way around, i dont think i would want to know. i would want to see the first steps myself

moms and dads, what about you? would you want to know?

Answer 1

I would want to know..

my son said his first word when he was with my mom

She didn't tell me until the next day, AFTER he said it again and I thought it was the first time! haha

but I didn't care bc I was so excited to hear him say da-da!

So, do tell her..

Answer 2

I agree I wouldn't want to know. I wouldn't tell them. Its a special thing that me, as a mother, would prefer to witness myself :) Little white lies never harmed anyone :)

Answer 3

I worry about the same thing with my daughter. My dad and stepmom like to have her on Monday nights and she is 9 months old and getting pretty close to taking her first steps. I am so afraid of her taking them while she is at my dads, and if she did, I wouldnt want to know. I would want to witness them myself! It would break my heart if I went to pick her up and they said "She walked she walked!!"

As a mom who constantly worries about this- I would say don't tell them.

Answer 4

Sure I would want to know!  Call them as soon as it happens and take pictures if you can!  Make them as much a part of it as you can.  

OR you could try to hold her off for the day and hope she walks this evening when they get home =)

Answer 5

yeah i would like to know, i mean alot of kids go to daycare and stuff thats just somthing u just might have to miss out on u cant help that she wants to start walking cause they do it when they get ready

Answer 6

I've thought long and hard about this one... And yes, I would want to know.  Johnny pulled himself up by himself for the first time at daycare.  And while it did hurt my feelings that I didn't get to see it for myself, I was also excited because I knew he did something new!  That night, he pulled himself up for me and I was just as excited as if he were doing it for the first time.  :)

Answer 7

i would tell them, they should know the exact day their child has taken their first step..why not get out the video camera so you can catch it on video for them.

Why do some of you feel the need to deny a parent of knowing their childs FIRST...this is something that goes into their baby book and the grow up with for life...i would be pissed to find out that sept 2nd (for example) wasnt my childs real first step and in fact was on Augut 25th.....although it may hurt feelings a tiny bit to not be there to witness a first, seeing the second, for your first time, is just as special and can mean just as much to a person, dont lie to parents about stuff like this.

Answer 8

At our church nursery I have occasionally seen a few children taking their first steps . . . we typically don't tell the parents.  Most of those babies belong to stay at home moms who aren't accustomed their babies hitting milestones without them.

However, when its a child I care for in my home for 30+ hrs a week, I might say something . . . just as long as I don't think the parents are real sensitive about their baby being in anothers care.  I find in that situation they want to know whats going on, and are expecting that somethings will happen when they're not there.

Answer 9

I wouldn't want to know...and when I worked at a daycare I made sure never to tell parents about their kids "firsts".  That is such a special moment for parents and they really should at least "think" that they saw the first.  It really doesn't help with any guilt they may already be feeling just from leaving their child with someone else either.  Wait till the parents tell you about it and then act just as excited as if you had never seen it.

Answer 10

I would want to know that way I'd know the exact day she started walking.  It's exciting just knowing she did it.  I wouldn't have to see it myself to be happy about it.  She's going to do it again plenty and they'll get to see it then.