Working mother horrified after catching babysitter breastfeeding her daughter at daycare

A working mother had spoken out about the time she caught her daughter's babysitters breastfeeding her when she went to pick her up from daycare.

Writing to an advice column, the anonymous woman said she had found an "amazing" woman, who takes care of children in her own home, to look after her adopted baby daughter while she was at work.

The babysitter, who has two children of her own, one of whom is just a little older than the woman's daughter, seemed like the right choice at first. The only glitch in the arrangement was when the babysitter spoke of her disapproval of formula and said: "You feed her that slop?"

Writing to the Slate column 'Dear Prudence', the mother said she was shocked one day to see the babysitter breastfeeding her baby when she had gone to there to pick her up. 

The babysitter did not seem to understand what the problem was and claimed that she was "saving the baby from chemicals". She even told the mother that she needs to thank her. 

The mother said: "I got off work early and decided to pick up my daughter early. There is a side door where parents can enter without knocking, so I did that."

The woman said that when she went up to the babysitter to get her child, she was horrified to find out that she had been nursing her daughter. She said: "When I got to the area of the house where my daughter was, I about fell over. The daycare provider was NURSING MY BABY!"

The mother said that she confronted the babysitter immediately: "I marched over, took the baby from her arms, and asked her if she was crazy." The horrified mother started thinking of what to do and said that taking her daughter back to the same place was out of the question.

She said: "Obviously, I am not sending my daughter back there, but should I report her to the umbrella company she is under for home daycares, or should I make a huge blast on social media?"

The mother was also advised by one of her relatives to contact the parents of all the other children who attended the same daycare so that they could do their own checks but she said that this "might be too much".

The woman who answers the column was also equally shocked and advised the mother to report the babysitter immediately. She wrote: "This is a huge breach of trust, a total violation, and absolutely worth reporting [...] she should absolutely be reported for this."