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Sit down and have a conversation; you can basically say exactly what you said here, so she knows you really love her as a sitter, but have certain expectations. Showing the understanding and kindness, she may open up to you if there is a reason she doesn’t fee comfortable taking your child outside. Just ask?!?
Babysitter refusing the go outside
My sons babysitter is part time and I depend on her to play with him and take him outside on nice days. I work from home so I've been leaving my desk to tell her to go outside and she tells me yeah they will go out but then doesn't do it. I'm not very bossy or confrontational and I don't want to lose her because she is very sweet and I trust her. But I'm getting pretty upset about her not going outside. It's 60 degrees today and sunny. She isn't opening up to me about why she won't go outside. How else can I bring it up to her? I offered her a sweater if she feels it's cold. I'm like the nicest boss to have and she is the nicest sitter so I don't want her to think I'm being a bitch by forcing her to do something she doesn't want to do especially if there is a serious reason why she doesn't want to take him outside and doesn't want to tell me.
Update: Until my son started crying (he rarely cries) she started to get him out. He gets bored in the living room watching TV. I don't understand why she waited until he started to cry and get bored.
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She's nice but you hired her for a job sit down and tell her what you expect from her and maybe than she will explain why. Maybe she's afraid of the virus and doesn't want to tell you. if she worked any other places simply not doing what's asked of her would not last her long at a day to day job. Also your kids loose out on going outside.
Make a rule: no TV during the day. Hide the remote. If he’s just going to watch TV all day, you don’t even need a babysitter... Maybe she doesn’t feel comfortable taking him a longer distance to a park? But he can still do things close to the house. Maybe she needs concrete things for you to tell her to do: ride his little baby bike around, go for a slow walk, sit in stroller and she can walk him around at least for fresh air if he tends to be a bit wild when ‘let loose’. Do you have a backyard? That’s the easiest thing for a babysitter... bubbles, chalk.
Bo
Excellent ideas. She told me because she doesn't feel safe walking around since my neighborhood isn't the safest. She is very young too and gets hid on a lot by strange men. I'm glad she opened up to me about this. I told her starting next week to only go in the yard. I'm also getting him some puzzles and coloring activities to keep him busy indoors just in case it rains.
I’m a SAHM of an almost 2 year old and an almost 1 year old. While I love taking them out individually, I do not like taking them out together. My oldest runs around like crazy and my younger one just sits there. They both need my constant attention and I can’t be in two places at once. I don’t like taking them outside together for this reason. I usually take one out while the other naps, but today, they’re napping at the same time so we probably won’t go outside. How old are your kid(s)?
Ke
Then I would be taking him outside all day everyday, weather permitting! I love taking my son outside. It wears him out and he sleeps really good. 😭😂
Bo
Just one baby. He is 18 months
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