Anyone ever have to babysit overnight or for an entire weekend?
Myself, I do remember, and regularly for one family. Usually from Friday afternoon until Sunday evening, sometimes into Monday if I was off on summer holidays. Sure wakes a sitter up to the realities of motherhood!
Waking up as a result of the cries of a baby at 2 am, used to get the heart pounding, and then scrambling for such things as diapers and bottles, or spending a few minutes, sometimes what seemed like eternity settling the baby back down so both of you could go back to sleep.
I remember waking in the morning feeling groggy, because of the up and down in the middle of the night. I'd make coffee first thing, just like real moms do, and there I'd be puffing on my cigarette and sipping my coffee.
There were diapers to wash, bottoms to change, bottles to prepare, and other miscellaneous stuff to do. Meals needed served, dishes washed, and general nonstop tidying to do behind each kid, so said parents didn't arrive back home to a house in complete disarray. I earned my money on those overnight and weekend babysitting stints!