In article , Marina says...

Banty wrote in
:

In article , Ignoramus3408
says...

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:45:02 GMT,
wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:23:33 GMT, Ignoramus15467
wrote:


That's true. I hate doing these sort of jobs (redoing the shower). I
have two kids and the older is very disruptive to doing any sort of
continuous work because a) he only wants to play with me and b) he
always wants to help, which means that I have to watch him not to
fall on stuff and not to glue himself to the wall etc. come up with
stuff for him to do so that he thinks he is helping, and yet does
not ruin anything, etc. 4.5 years old.

I can sympathize ... I have a grand daughter about that age. The
wheels never stop turning.

It's not a particular hard or messy job .... it really means two
days of getting at it ... and a third of finishing up. (That said,
I have a bathroom in our cabin that's been waiting for tile for
nearly a year and a half. I'll procrastinate as soon as I get
around to it.
g)

But busted tiles are sharp and drywall edges can hurt small (and
large) hands.

Maybe get a baby sitter? Wait till the kid is at nursery school?
Whatever.

Thanks.. We have a baby sitter, it is not helpful. When my son is at
kindergarten school, I am at work. I cannot do anything for more than
5 minutes continuously because of the kid issue.


Now wait.

I am a single mother who raised my son alone from birth. Even in my
case, there are naptimes; there are after-bedtimes. Even if there
aren't neighbors or relatives willing to take on the child for a day
or so. I'm fairly sure you mentioned a spouse? If so, surely you two
can tag-team.

I understand about not being able to do certain things at all with a
small child underfoot. But I can't believe that the small child has
to be *always* underfoot.

Banty



PULEESE!!!!!!!
You must have a quiet child. If you have a child that is very active you
can't do ANYTHING. Always getting into everything they have to be watched
all the time. You never know what ideas they will dream up. Mine never
took naps. Put her in the crib with the sides pulled up and she climbed
out. Go,go,go all day and most of the night. If you have a normal kid you
just don't know about these active types.

Oh PULEESE yourself. This is just excusifying.

There's a whole LIST of things that aren't happening to for him to be so
limited. I think the OP has painted himself into a corner on this somehow. For
instance, how is it he has a babysitter but that's "not helpful". "Not helpful"
how?? How is it his spouse is so useless in this regard? Although I'm sure
you'll insist he's in some tiny percentage with an active child AND a useless
spouse AND no friends AND no neighbors they know AND no relatives nearby AND no
vacation time AND a "non-helpful" babysitter.

If it's all such a problem, he can hire someone.

Banty