Neglectful babysitters refuse to change babies diaper, goes on rampage when their sister-in-law reports it to the mother of the baby: '[She] has trashed me to every family member she can think of'

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Mar 19, 2025 8:00 PM EDT

The scariest thing about babies is that they can't talk. Some might say the most frightening thing about them is the sensitivity of their soft spots or SIDS, but I would take a soft-headed baby who could speak like Stewie Griffin over a football-helmet-headed baby who only cries any day. I'm not saying that every word that comes out of a child's (or hypothetical talking baby) mouth is 100% true, but at least they can specifically communicate why something is wrong. A baby could go to a daycare center and experience something awful. You, as a parent, wouldn't know unless a teacher told you explicitly or there was some kind of physical evidence on the baby's body. If a baby could talk, they would tell you about something terrible that's happened before it gets so bad you can tell just by looking at them. At least, that would be an option. 

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  • Luckily, the baby in this story has someone in his corner. After realizing that her sister-in-law and her husband were neglecting the baby they were supposed to be taking care of, this mom sprung to action to protect the child despite the negative impact it had on her reputation in her husband's family.

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    My SIL was neglecting a baby she was babysitting- I told his mom and now my life might be miserable for a while

    I have a 10 month old boy, my SIL has a 9 month old boy. My SIL called yesterday and asked if her, her boyfriend(not her son's dad), her baby, and the baby she was babysitting (Baby Z)could come stop by the house just for a minute. I said oh sure we'd love some cousin time! I made some baby friendly snacks for the kids and then they showed up soon after.
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    Now when they came in she sat her son, and baby Z in their car seats still. Now within 2 minutes she pulled her son out of his car seat. She left baby Z in his car seat. She had this baby sitting in his car seat for 40 minutes before
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    I said hey guys this baby smells like he has a dirty diaper and he's getting fussy. I was already pred they were leaving this baby in his car seat and not letting him out to play with the other babies.
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    For the next 20 minutes her and her boyfriend argued back and forth saying "I'm not changing this baby, you do it". Just bickering about who's gonna change this little baby's diaper that they were both getting paid to watch!!! I was livid and so glad I've never let them keep my son before and knew they would neverrrr watch my son just from watching this interaction. I ended
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    up pulling this boy from his car seat and changing his diaper and getting him a new outfit. Baby Z had blod blisters on his bat and I had to put him In the bath to get the cakes up off because I didn't want to scrub it with wipes since I knew it had to be so sore. I knew the babies mother but haven't really had any conversations with her. Just knew her from around town.
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    I stepped outside and called her on Facebook to tell her the situation. I said I would keep him here with me if she felt more comfortable with it since SIL and her boyfriend were straight up neglecting this baby. His mom
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    thanked me and said she'd really appreciate it and she would come to my house to pick him up and pay me what they were supposed to pay SIL. I walked back in and they were getting ready to leave.
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    I told SIL I had just talked with the babies mom and she'd feel better if he was left with me and my son. I told her go ahead and call her to double check but her and her boyfriend were not leaving with the baby. SIL has trashed me to every family member she can think of. She's made a Facebook post about how I thrive off drama and creating rumors about her.
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    I've had my husbands other sister ride by my house yelling slurs and throwing eggs at my house last night. I've never ever been in a situation like this before where I was just witnessing straight up neglecting of a child. I feel I
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    should have acted sooner and it's making my stomach turn. I hate hate drama but our small town really thrives off of it. I'm not sure if I should just ignore these people? Or if I should stand up and tell people what really happened and out SIL to the town.
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    Edit to add: the babies mother IS making a post today to out SIL- with receipts of the incident. I'm waiting for that and hoping coming from the babies mother it would actually be heard and believed.
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    TaxiLady69 • 2d ago Tell everyone. The truth shall set you free.
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    _azzie_ • 2d ago This. Anyone mad at you for speaking up is showing you who they really are. Let them be mad-you did the right thing.
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    Grand Wrangler8302 • 1d ago Exactly. Let them throw their tantrums, it just proves they care more about covering up neglect than protecting a baby. You did the right thing, and that's all that matters.
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    MsPrissss • 2d ago This. And SIL is lucky that the only thing that was done was calling the mother.
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    InspectorProof1497 • 2d ago • Edited 2d ago Wth stuff I never understand have u actually spoke to his family/the people giving u ab e that she was neglecting the child? Because who the h I can defend her?
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    Virtual-Leather-1241 OP • 2d ago His other sister doesn't believe me. His mom is just defending the behavior. The only person who actually believes so far is my husband! My husband said he's speaking with some of his family today to try and clear up the situation. So I'll know later today how that goes.
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    Muffin-Faerie 2d ago Your husbands family sounds... well like they Have they always been this awful? S k.
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    Virtual-Leather-1241 OP 2d ago They do s k. I would already never allow his mom or dad to watch our baby. His mom is a с head- who also neglected my husband and his siblings. And his dad is an a olic who beat my husband and his siblings. My BIL is in prison for ab sing his baby and babies mother. I genuinely believed my 2 SIL were some of the decent people in the family. This situation has opened my eyes to the fact that is not the case!
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    WhatsInAName1117 • 2d ago • Edited 2d ago With all of this said, I don't think you should worry about what they're saying. It sounds like they're some real winners (I'm being sarcastic). Take it with a grain of salt because they're clearly trash. My husband would cut all ties immediately because this is how some of his family is and we have no contact with some and low contact with others. We also don't live close to any of them for any of this crazy stuff to happen but I'd press charges on them
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    5footfilly • 2d ago BI d blisters? And the baby's mom had no idea? I'm calling bulls: because if this is real every adult in the baby's life is guilty of neglect.
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    • Virtual-Leather-1241 OP 2d ago This was week 2 of her watching the baby. His mom had just started getting back into work, she swears she never saw a rash on him before. She told me this morning she's going back to being a SAHM and quit her job because of this! Obviously im not in her day to day life all I know is she seems like a good mom off her Facebook post- but you just never know cuz so does my SIL.
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    bsge1111 • 2d ago Stay close to this mama, she may need someone in her corner just as you need someone in yours.
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    star10221 • • 2d ago She's just mad she didn't get paid. A little baby is so helpless I couldn't imagine just leaving them to sit in a dirty diaper and then refusing to change them. She shouldn't have kids to babysit, in fact she shouldn't have a baby of her own. Just because baby Z isn't her's doesn't mean anything. Mother instinct should still kick in and not let her mistreat the baby. I'm angry for the baby, angry you're being treated bad for doing the right thing, and more than anything I'm
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    ASimpleBag11 • 2d ago Call CPS, chances are they are neglecting their own kid too. They wanna fight dirty? Fight fair back. They are TRASH. You'd be doing that baby justice getting someone in there to make sure they get a wake up call.
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