Babysitting troubles. please help

Question

i babysit a 15 month old little girl and she really is such a sweet little baby -when her mom's there-

but the second her mom leaves she screams and cries and hits.

her mom always leaves when i'm feeding her a snack. and while her mom's there she'll happily eat the food. but once her mom is gone, she pushes away all the food and wants "UP"

i'm always able to calm her down by reading her a book and distracting her with other things, but whenever something reminds her of her mom she just breaks down in tears. it's almost heart breaking because i know what she wants but i can't give it to her :(

her moms never gone too long, 3 hours at the most, and when she gets back, the baby is as happy as could be. i know she's at that age where she's very attached to her mommy but the mom kinda spoils her and picks her up everytime she cries and i think that has something to do with it. i'm a new babysitter to her, so i know the baby still isn't very comfortable with me yet but do you think that eventually she won't cry all the time? or is there no hope because of the way her mom "spoils" her?

she's usually a happy baby and i never lose my temper with her. i'm very calm with her and i play games with her the same way her mom does. i just feel like i'm not doing something right. please help

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Answer 1

well i think that u should tell the mom wat she does maybe she can give u an answer on wat to do and when she starts crying because she wants her mommy tell her that she went bye bye and that she will right back that should help with the crying  

Answer 2

I babysit a little girl and have since she was about 3 months... When she hit around 13 months she went through the "I want mommy" stage and was the same way the little girl you babysit is. There really isn't anything you can do... all kids go through the stage at some point or another unless their parents are just neglecting them.

Just keep distracting her and if she gets really bad (crying for over 30 mins with no calming down no matter what you do) go ahead and call her mother. Sometimes just hearing her mom's voice will calm her down - other times her mom may need to come home early.

Answer 3

Why don't you get the baby to know you better so she won't be so attached to her mom. One Saturday, ask the mom if you can take the baby for a walk in the stroller or something and go to the park or something. My niece was really attached to my sister before I spent some Saturday's with her. Now she's 5 and we're really close!