Originally Posted by
LPDAL
Four year olds can be self sufficient?
EDIT: just read the post again and saw that the four year old was left home alone. So....The four year old was running the house? I just want to make sure I'm reading this correctly....
-LPDAL
I'm assuming you are kidding thinking that we left our four year old home alone for a week while we went to the Maldives, but just in case....
Self sufficient in kid speak = can wipe own bottom, play happily for a while, eat normal food, communicate needs without crying. In other words, not a huge burden to care for in our absence.
Grandparents nearby = daughter can therefore keep similar routine, go to school, etc while staying with them.
And now I will crawl back out of the flyertalk cave since this all went so well.