Ask any parent and they will tell you, it can be a real challenge to get everything done during the day when you have a newborn to care for. We try to get our chores completed and at the same time, perhaps even give ourselves a little treat from time to time. More often than not, however, one day simply blends into the next and we rarely ever have an evening to ourselves.
One of the ways that some parents have found to deal with the situation is to get a babysitter. The problem is, it can also be challenging to find a sitter that is both trustworthy and available. Sometimes the best thing you can do is to enlist the help of a family member that is trustworthy to watch the children for you. That was what happened in this story that went viral on Facebook.
Claudia Sorhaindo is the mother to a daughter named Ava and she posted this story. She had left her daughter with her niece, J’Ann, who is 15 years old. They have a rather large family so J’Ann is one of 17 grandchildren. She was no stranger to dealing with kids and was a capable babysitter. Even though that was the case, she’s still found a way to surprise the mother.
J’Ann sent some pictures to Ava’s mother of what was happening while she was babysitting.
J’Ann got hungry and wanted to make herself a sandwich but Ava didn’t want to be left alone. That is when she got creative and found a way to make her sandwich without leaving the baby to herself.
The pictures were then uploaded to Facebook with an explanation,
“So I had to run out the house for a quick min, so I asked my niece to babysit Baby Ava. A few min later I received a text saying that J’Ann wanted to make a sandwich but didn’t want to let baby Ava out of her sight
Lord send help this was her solution like really creativity at its finest”
Since being uploaded, more than 300,000 people have liked it on Facebook. There is also more to the story.
Sorhaindo also had a daughter, Jenelle who was only three months old when she passed away in 2011. She is very protective of Ava so she was happy when she saw how j’Ann was watching her like a champ.
In addition, J’Ann was inspired to start a fundraising venture. When she saw how well the idea worked, she launched a GoFundMe campaign to work on a prototype of the “J’pants”. You just never know where inspiration is going to strike next.