u/hotdog131

It was a kids chapter book and I had two different ones of the same series. One was about a girl who randomly transformed into a small rodent at school and found herself in a gym shoe. It involved something to do with a cafeteria and I can’t remember what else.

It might have been on my mother’s Facebook and it was a bubble shooter game that had pirate ships and a temple. I don’t really remember much more sorry.

I am a teen mom who offered to watch my cousins kid for $15 a day since she’s struggling to find childcare nearby. She said her daughter is very gentle and doesn’t hit. It was great the first week but now we are having issues nearly every day.

My son just turned one and is a very laid back kid. My cousins kid (who I’ll call Rose for privacy) is nearly 2. Rose will do age appropriate things like snatching toys/snacks from my son and hitting him. Which on its own is manageable, but will scream for upwards of an hour if I tell her no and can’t be consoled.

I have a “yuck bucket” for toys that end up in the kids mouths etc. With “Rose” the bucket is overflowing by the end of the day. I’ve tried redirecting and giving her teethers but she ends up throwing them. I’m getting exhausted with sanitizing 20-30+ toys each day (I’ve got nasty ocd) and don’t like that my son’s toys are getting covered in teeth marks.

My son stopped putting everything in his mouth other than his teether about 1 month ago, so this is new to me. I have to spend most of the day holding him as he is nervous around her, which isn’t like him at all. She will try to hit him or throw things even as I’m holding him.

TLDR:
What can I do to help “Rose” learn that hitting is wrong without a huge tantrum each time?
How can I reduce the amount of toys she mouths when she won’t take a teether.

Like most of us I’m in a bad spot financially and and definitely can’t afford dental care. The pain is getting so severe I blacked out today. My heart rate and blood pressure are high due to the pain. I’d seriously pull them myself but there isn’t enough tooth left to pull anything.

For a bit of background, she has been in a bad relationship with this guy for a while. He is very controlling and would call her at work making her cry, which they’ve now reduced her hours for it. Yesterday he stole her debit card and stole $5000 then proceeded to F off to Toronto (we are in Manitoba). What should she do?