I'm babysitting this little boy and he wont listen to me at all. I told him it's time to eat, he wouldnt eat. He also wont go to sleep... I need help before the parents get home because I want to be asked again to babysit for them!
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Domesticity category? Maybe give some free advice about: Babysitting? wanttobe answered Sunday January 29 2006, 11:01 am: Tell him if he doesnt eat or go to sleep you'll call his parents and then call his parents and tell them. Or you could, for the not eating part, blindfold him and give him various foods and he has to taste them and guess what they are. For example give him a chip first then let him guess and then give him a bite of his dinner. and so on until his dinner is finished. Then he'll probally like you a bunch and he will go to sleep whenever you ask him to. Read him a bed time story or pretend to go to sleep with him-like ly on the floor or a bed thats nearer. You could also bribe him...yah... [ wanttobe's advice column | Ask wanttobe A Question ]
DancinCutie08 answered Monday July 11 2005, 2:14 pm: well tell him if he doesnt eat he can have snacks or do soemthing he really likes its not good to force kids to eat though and i found its best to warn kids and get them ready a head of time for bed like him him a 1 hour warning then 30 min and so on [ DancinCutie08's advice column | Ask DancinCutie08 A Question ]
achras answered Thursday March 31 2005, 8:43 pm: try bribing i know it's not the best thing but it usually works lol and kids love babysitters that give them treats too [ achras's advice column | Ask achras A Question ]
gloop answered Monday March 28 2005, 3:23 am: well, first of all if you want this kid 2 go 2 sleep then you have 2 tie him up in the closet and then stick a sock in his mouth that is dirty so that he knows that 4 sure he is being punished. then he will start crying but that always makes them tired, but if you don't want 2 get cought then tell his parents that you and him had a wonderful time(don't forget 2 let him out of the closet before the parents get home). [ gloop's advice column | Ask gloop A Question ]
karenR answered Sunday March 27 2005, 2:12 am: I'm probably to late for this time but next time try this.
First, he'll eat if he get's hungry so don't even worry if the little curtain climber won't eat.
Then, well, wear his ass out. I mean go make him run! Jump, whatever you can think of. When it's time for bed he will go out like a light.
He's probably just excited, especially if you are new babysitter for him. Hope you survived the ordeal with your sanity intact!:} [ karenR's advice column | Ask karenR A Question ]
openears answered Saturday March 26 2005, 11:31 pm: ok sitt him down and tell him if you dont listen to me i will send blank (make somthing up) out to get you i tryed it to this girl i babysat it worked like a charm i even got he to sit behave and watch a movie her mom said i did such a goood job she wanted me to babysitt agian fo double what she paid but remember to tell her parents you had a little trouble getting the kid to do somthingso you made a little somthing up to help you [ openears's advice column | Ask openears A Question ]
BreTTChezzey20 answered Saturday March 26 2005, 10:55 pm: Tell him a story or rock him or just put him in his bed tell him to listen to you and talk to him in a calm voice and be playful with him
RoadkillSalad answered Saturday March 26 2005, 10:29 pm: You're going to have to inflict some form of punishment on him to get him to do the things you want him to do. Tell him to go to his room until he falls asleep or you'll call his parents... If they think it's bad that you did that, well you'll never have a way of getting the kid to unwind. Tell him if he won't eat now, he won't eat until his parents get back home... And that should put the whole situation in a different light, hopefully. [ RoadkillSalad's advice column | Ask RoadkillSalad A Question ]
apk979 answered Saturday March 26 2005, 10:03 pm: Just tell the parents that he won;t listen to you, and if they're anything like my parents they'll ground him or something. [ apk979's advice column | Ask apk979 A Question ]
Miss_Lily answered Saturday March 26 2005, 9:49 pm: I don't understand why you would want to babysit for a child that will not listen to you. Since I am a mother, I have some experience with bad children. You need to tell the little boy that you are babysitting that if he won't eat (or do anything else that you ask him) that he won't be able to play with his toys or watch tv until he does. Tell him if he does what you ask him, then afterwards you will award him with a treat. This treat could be candy, extra tv time, or one-on-one playtime with you. When it is time for him to go to bed, tell him that if he gets in bed, you will read one story to him of his choice and then he has to go to bed. Be firm with him. [ Miss_Lily's advice column | Ask Miss_Lily A Question ]
mxpimpette26 answered Saturday March 26 2005, 9:38 pm: well don't be mean!! just ask nicely and if ya got to call his parents and let them know that his not listening to you...it's not like there going to think your a bad babysitter!! just try to be nice to him tell him youll read him a bed time story or something!!
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