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Article: Baby-sitters need to stay awake
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- April 18, 2009
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Dear Annie:My husband and I have two small children under the age
of 5. He watches them on the weekend so I can get my errands done.
On more than one occasion, I've come home to find him fast asleep
on the sofa while the kids are watching TV beside him, often eating
snacks. I have repeatedly asked him to stay awake because the 3-
year-old particularly could wander off and get hurt. Not to mention
there's always the risk of one of them choking while Daddy snoozes
away.
He argues that I am overprotective and that he can hear them
while he's asleep. Annie, we've been married eight years, and the
man sleeps like the dead. Last week, his parents encouraged me to
take an hour to buy groceries ...