Baby & Toddler

Caregiver called in sick for tomorrow and I have an in-person demo at 11

umber_balcony_8628

First time this has happened in seven months, and of course it's the week I have a client demo across the city. Our caregiver called an hour ago, fever, won't come tomorrow, maybe Tuesday. We have no backup. My partner has a lab day that may or may not move. The baby is 9 months, crawls everywhere, can't exactly come to a client office 😅 What do people do the first time this happens? Is there such a thing as a day sitter you can find on a Sunday night?

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  • violet_hammock_6344

    Can the demo move to the afternoon, or be done remotely? That's usually easier to change than childcare on a Sunday night. And is the lab day something your partner truly can't swap, or just inconvenient?

    • umber_balcony_8628

      Can't go remote, it's the hardware they want to see. Afternoon maybe, I've messaged them. Partner is checking on the lab day now.

    • umber_balcony_8628

      Update for anyone in the same spot later: partner is taking the morning, client agreed to 3 pm, so I'll do the handover at 2. Caregiver may be back Tuesday. And I'm now sitting here at midnight writing a list of three people we could call next time, which I should have done in month one.

    • rose_lantern_6982

      Replying to @umber_balcony_8628

      do the list properly. ours had two names on it and the first time we needed it both were out of town. took three calls to find anyone

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