Treasure D.

I grew up in a household of 13 siblings, half siblings and step siblings, the oldest being 37 and the youngest being 16. I am the second youngest of my family and I also happen to be the built in nanny. All of my older brothers and sister have at least TWO kids now. My family was not the most fortunate family when it came to money so our family struggled with child care for a while. When I was young I was always taking care of all the kids at the family functions, and not necessarily because I was asked but because I was the oldest cousin or auntie or sibling , so the littles naturally relied on me when mom or dad wasn’t around. Specifically with my closest older sibling I had even lived with them on separate occasions to help them with child care. When I was 11 I moved to Arizona for a year when my brother had his first son. My brother and his wife both worked full time jobs and just at 3 weeks old my nephew Logan my brothers step son Noah (3) were in my care from 6:30 am till 5:30 pm sometimes later. I’ve always loved kids and babies have always been my soft spot so even though I had trouble learning the difference cry’s of a newborn , or getting Noah used to mommy leaving for work and calming him down , it eventually got easier and I had the beta experience watching my nephew’s grow. So think of everything that comes with a toddler and a newborn , I handled by myself for 8 hours a day (or more ) everyday. Including cooking food and cleaning. I wish I had a bit more knowledge like I do now back then. Again about a year goes by and my sister has had her second daughter. She is struggling financially to afford daycare and now that she had her baby she can’t work for a while . I moved in for almost TWO years to San Diego. Although I had more experience with new borns, my niece was a totally different experience. Now I’d say my nephews were angels because my nieces were mommy’s girls to the core . So when my sister went back to work after a month it was well, hell. I was 15 and over being inside all day taking care of kids making bottles changing diapers and my older niece was just 8 so she wasn’t to much help. My niece Harper got older and she eventually started to settle down I believe she had colic but we never had a clear answer. So once baby was done crying all day (on top of being a student during Covid ) I finally got a routine down. From cooking cleaning and baby duties i also had to remember my other niece was still a priority. She started to feel left out and started acting out towards me. So eventually we had a talk and got on the same page and she expressed her feeling which was something she had a hard time doing since she didn’t know how to understand why she feels a certain way . I also bounced back and fourth between my aunts and their kids don’t even get me started there because there’s like 20 nieces and nephews and cousins I have that I’ve watched or raised. I’ve seen it all, the blow outs in the diapers , the picky eaters, the break downs and the fits, the sadness and the joy and the cuts and bruises. The stress and the relief. The never ending cleaning! Although I’m 18 I’ve always been able to communicate better with kids than adults or people my own age, and I wouldn’t trust someone with my kids unless they were me. Besides the craziness I like to be creative/active and avoid screen time and get to know the kids this helps me understand and relate to them better so then know I’m their friend too and not just a babysitter. I also don’t fold under pressure and can handle emergency situations (I taught all my nieces and nephew what 91- was and had them memorize their address at some point and time during homework)

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GED, I am a high-school graduate and I will be studying to become an ultrasound tech. I took psychology and ap psych as well as anatomy in high school.

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