The Baby Borrowers: Episodes Three and Four
Can I just ask a question here, because I have no experience with this at all: Did any of you parents out there have a huge problem with poop? All the gagging and dry heaving and talk about how disgusting it is on this show is a surprise to me. Even as a teen babysitter I didn't gag over a child's poop or find it this offensive. Is that just me? Did it take others time to get used to this? It seemed pretty universal with these teens.
Something else that threw me about this episode was that almost every time a child fell asleep it was on the floor or some place other than a bed. I wanted so badly to just reach through the screen and tell them to at least get their toddlers in beds, darken the room, read a story (all of this preferably after a calm, soothing bath) and pat their backs. They just really were not sure what to do. Luke's mom -- I was feeling her pain. It was really hard to watch him cry that frustrated, over-exhausted cry.
In both of these episodes, I am glad that they are representing two important parts of parenting: multiple children and pets. I mean, in programming something like this it would be easy to have them just take care of one child, but they would miss out on that interesting dynamic that another child adds. My son's Dad and Stepmom have a toddler, thus giving my son the wonderful experience of having a sibling. She sent me an email this week about getting a break while Dad took both the kids to dinner and said, "I'm going to dinner with a friend, so I'll miss out on all of the 'stop touching me; no you stop touching me' fun!" Isn't that the truth? Siblings can have the tightest bonds but they also know how to get under each others' skin like no one else. And pets -- that could be easily overlooked, too. But, wow. Kids + snakes + iguanas + hermit crabs + rats + dogs + birds = some of parenting's finest moments.
If you missed these episodes, it's not too late to catch up. NBC has the first two episodes of The Baby Borrowers online.
Comments
I understand how someone else’s child’s poop could be a little disturbing to a teenager - but I don’t understand how it kept getting all over the floor, all over the tub, it was everywhere - ridiculous. Was she that incompetent or was that a producer’s call?
It was interesting to see how the different age groups brought out different aspects of the teens personalities (i.e. strengths and weaknesses). Some of the meanies turned nice and the nice ones turned impatient.
Oh well, gotta love that summer time tv.
I never really gagged changing a diaper until I changed my nephew’s diaper! And I’ve changed several kids diapers when I worked at a day care.
I just didn’t understand why they didn’t put Pull Ups on that kid!
well i’m not able to watch it because i think theres a problem with the video watcher or something