How do you get friends and family to overcome their fear when it comes to the “D”. I mean, how do you FIND friends or family members that can take care of your d-kid (dkids). My wife and I have had little luck, we have a couple friends, one is a nurse, the others are long time friends. We are blessed to have 2 great baby sitters, one in college, the other in high school, and both are great. However, we can’t leave them overnight with either of them, we haven’t left them overnight with our friends. We have ask a few friends if they want to be a sitters, and the reply is they are just not comfortable with it. My family lives over an hour away (one brother on the side of the state), so its hard to have them come down so we can go out for an evening. I’m wondering this because burnout is possible without break, or maybe we will just have to deal with burnout! I think many other d-parents have! What are somethings you guys have done, what are some idea we can share with others. Once again, I’m thinking out loud. LOL
Here is the sunset over East Bay, our last vacation alone. 4/2008
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