How do you tell a friend?

I babysit my niece 3-6 days a week. (depending on their schedule) I have a five year old, and two year old. Im 7 months pregnant. My niece is 1 1/2. How do I tell my best friend and sister-in-law that I might not be able to watch my neice so much in the upcoming months. She has no alternate babysitter, and no cash to pay one. I love to help her out and I LOVE my niece, but I dont think I can handle her when im 8 or 9 months pregnant? Or should I not say anything?

Quoting Super Mama:“ I babysit my niece 3-6 days a week. (depending on their schedule) I have a five year old, and two year ... [snip!] ... her out and I LOVE my niece, but I dont think I can handle her when im 8 or 9 months pregnant? Or should I not say anything?”

just see how you feel, then say something if you feel you can't

tell her now. so she has time to find someone.

no i think that will be way too much on you, andyou should def. tell her. If shes a good friend she'll understand.

I would kinda wean her off. Like start now by saying it's taking a lot out of you, and you can only watch her a certain number of days, and then keep cutting the number back. She has to understand how much pregnancy can take out of you, especially when you have kids to run after and tend to.

Just say you feel it would be best for you to stop babysitting when you hit 8 months. Tell her your sorry but you just cant handle it and you need time to get ready. Unless youve already done so. Just tell her now so mabye she can find someone else to do it for free

Just tell her that you love watching the kids, but as you get farther along you may need to cut back some days and if she could find maybe a part-time sitter to supplement when you aren't able to do it.

i was watching a friends daughter for awhile to but when the bedrest became mandatory i couldnt do it anymore as much as i wanted to .. she was in the same situation couldnt afford the regular day care fees out here..
so i had a talk with her and she completely understood.. i mean of course she was disappointed but she knew in time it would happen

I just feel terrible. I want to help, but not at the expense of pre-term labor. My first was 8 weeks early... so Im technically high risk. But she has NO ONE else. I guess I should just wait it out and see how long I can do it. Or just have my five year old start changing diapers LOL

Definitely tell her sooner rather than later. I've been in a situation where the sitter totally bailed out on us mid-week and I ended up having to call in sick to work the whole week until we could find another sitter (which we found on Craigslist, sad to say).

Quoting Rachael!:“ Definitely tell her sooner rather than later. I've been in a situation where the sitter totally bailed ... [snip!] ... up having to call in sick to work the whole week until we could find another sitter (which we found on Craigslist, sad to say).”

i found my ex nanny on craigslist she was great.. considering hiring her again next month...

Quoting Rachael!:“ Definitely tell her sooner rather than later. I've been in a situation where the sitter totally bailed ... [snip!] ... up having to call in sick to work the whole week until we could find another sitter (which we found on Craigslist, sad to say).”

Well i wouldnt leave her hanging or anything, I would continue to babysit as long as she needed to find another sitter. But I just dont know what to say or how to say it. And what if she never finds an alternative babysitter

Quoting Super Mama:“ I babysit my niece 3-6 days a week. (depending on their schedule) I have a five year old, and two year ... [snip!] ... her out and I LOVE my niece, but I dont think I can handle her when im 8 or 9 months pregnant? Or should I not say anything?”

if shes ur best friend and familythen she should understand, honestly i personally think shes being selfish, ur pregnant and have ur own child, how does she think u can watch her kid too??
wowie, i can barely clean my house and u have kids, a husband, and babysitting her kid? shes taking advantage of you, just let her know, she should understand.

good luck!