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Mothers and drinking alcohol while child is in your care??Read Info……?

  • Posted on September 1, 2010 at 3:26 am

I have two daughters a 2 1/2 yr old and a 10 month old. I babysit my niece who is also 2 1/2 yrs old. The problem is that my sister in law was drinking heavily last weekend when a family member brought my niece back to her after a birthday party, she also had 3 other males in the home with her drinking. My sister in laws father went to the home and tried to get my niece out of there and she refused to give her up so he called the police and they came and said yes she was intoxicated but she was in her own home so they could do nothing about it, she was the ONLY parent there!! She is playing it off like she is allowed to have a few drinks while she is taking care of her daughter, I think it is irresponsible and completely wrong, but I would like to know your guys feedback on this?? I am to the point that I don’t even want to watch my niece because that forces me to see my sister in law to whom I want nothing to do with at this point. I would never drink with my children in my care!!
She is a single parent 23 yrs old, that father is in the picture he keeps her mon. tues. and weds.10am to 9 pm. I keep her thurs. fridays and every other saturday. The father claims that he is trying for custody but has done nothing to get that going. This is not the first time she had done something like this, but it is the first time that everyone in the family knows about it and fears for my nieces well-being. I want to protect her so much I just dont know how to get through to my sister in law.
My niece does have a good father but for some reason seems nervous to pursue any custody, they have been separated for about 3 months. One thing that does scare me is that she has had to take her to the hospital quite a few time in the middle of the night, just two weeks ago she had to call 911 because my niece stopped breathing she a an allergic reaction. But I know of at least once she had been drinking and still had to take her to the hospital.

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