I am 17 and have an 11 month old baby, I am going back to school next month. She was pretty much exclusively breastfed for the first 10 months of her life and has only just started properly eating solids, she still won’t take a bottle or a sippy cup. She’s very, very attached to me.
Anyway, I just found out that there is a camp in the first week back, it’s for 3 nights and based 3 hours from my house. This camp is accounts for a huge percentage of your final grade for the year. I can’t go, but I can’t skip it either so what the heck do I do. I was concerned enough about leaving my baby for 6 hours during the day but [name_u]DAY[/name_u] and [name_m]NIGHT[/name_m] for 4 days, 3 nights is just insane. My daughter sleeps with me every night, nurses all the time and she hates bottles, no matter who gives them to her. My boyfriend has work so the last thing I want is for him to be up all night with a screaming baby and then have to go to work the next day.
Your probably thinking it’s a no brainer, I am going to have to stay behind with my baby but seriously, not going will completely ruin the whole year for me, I may not even be able to pass. I need to come up with some sort of solution here and need suggestions!!
Is there anywhere closer to the camp than your house that you could stay at overnight? And have your boyfriend or a family member look after your little girl during the day? I have no idea if that would even work, maybe somebody else will come up with a fabulous plan for you!
Also, I feel your pain, my daughter was very similar and I didn’t have a night away from her until she weaned at 18 months. [name_f]Hope[/name_f] you can figure something out
That’s a tough situation. Is this still high school? I would talk to your school’s principal or counselor and see if you could possibly miss it. You are in a unique circumstance, and they might make an exception. I can’t imagine you missing camp would negatively impact your grade that much for the entire year. That seems so unfair.
Yes, speak to the teacher/whoever’s responsible. Unless they’re completely unfair, they HAVE to find some alternative for you. I’m sure when they made that rule, they weren’t thinking of students in your situation. Good luck!
I don’t know where you are or what kind of school you attend, but there was a time I worked as a nanny while still in high school. Kid wasn’t even mine, but they let me bring him to all my classes anyway.
Point is, you don’t know what you can get away with until you ask.
I know at least in the US, it’s probably illegal for a school to require that. There has to be some sort of alternative option. They can’t require people who could be caregivers (of their own children, unwell parents, etc), have to work evenings or something, or people who may need medical care overnight (or who simply can’t afford it) to do this.
If your teacher is giving you difficulty, talk to an administrator or counselor. They will offer you some alternate assignment like writing a paper, etc.
