Our babysitter is a very nice woman. We like her because she plays with the boys. That is a tough thing to find in China. That said, there is a big cutural gap between what my expectations are and what a Chinese Ayi knows to do. She works for us from 7:30-7:00 pm at night. She arrived this morning on time at 7:30. The first thing she did was to make herself breakfast. Then she took the baby outside to exercise with all of the old people in the courtyard - leaving the baby in the stroller, she exercised. Then she took a nap from 11:00-12:00, and now from 12:00-12:30 she has gone into my room to watch the baby sleep and to stroke his arms (that sounds ridiculous, but it is actually common in Chinese culture)....but it could explain why Jack is waking up 2 times a night right now. So much training....so little time!
Jen
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