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"Since I&amp;#039;m, um, a writer, it was only natural for me to write down instructions the first time Rory and I left Emmett. My mom, being a good sport, read the six-page (typed!) note I sent her ahead of time, asked questions, and dutifully brought a printed version of the note when it was time for her to babysit.  For all I know, she tied Emmett to the ceiling fan after we left. But I felt better knowing that she had explicit instructions for every scenario\u2014plus, an illustrated how-to for performing CPR.  My mother-in-law, on the other hand, seems a little miffed by &amp;quot;the note.&amp;quot; Seeing as she raised two perfectly good babies of her own (albeit, thirty-something years ago) she doesn&amp;#039;t understand my need to write down how many ounces Emmett should get or when he take his naps. &amp;quot;Nothing&amp;#039;s changed!&amp;quot; she declared the first time she babysat. Since the bottles Emmett uses weren&amp;#039;t invented until 1997 and her babies slept on their stomachs, that didn&amp;#039;t make me feel so great.  My friend Amanda, on the other hand, refuses to write anything down for her mom. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;ll figure it out\u2014or call me,&amp;quot; she says. But Amanda&amp;#039;s mom is desperate for a note\u2014or a novel! She shows up for every babysitting gig with a pen and pad and asks when the baby should eat, when her last shots were, and how her mood&amp;#039;s been the past few days. She then leaves Amanda a note of her own, with a play-by-play of what she and the baby did.  With our nanny starting next Wednesday\u2014squee!\u2014I&amp;#039;m not sure how long of a note I should leave. Or if I should leave a note at all.  Do I write down every last thing and risk insulting her? (She is a professional, after all!) Or should I let her figure things out for herself?  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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