New family
I just started with a new family 3 days ago and I have a STRONG feeling the father doesn’t like me. The baby is 5 months old and the mother will be with me for the rest of this week and all of next week (she will be in and out the house next week). The father has only ever been in the house when I was there for 15min one day and like 30min another day.
The mother tells me stuff that he says and it kinda rubs me the wrong way. I’m only on day 3 of being there so I’m still picking up on the baby’s schedule and how things are. The first 2 days the mother did some of the stuff while I observed. She made bottles but I fed him, he was giving me trouble with his naps so she took over and I observed, I changed diapers, I played, I cleaned up his toys and that’s pretty much it. 15 min before the end of my shift me, baby, and mom were laying on the bed while the mom was reading a book. The father came home and peaked his head in to say hi. I didn’t think anything was wrong but the next day when I came in she told me he said “why are you in there reading him a book if jasmine is here” she said “what do you mean? I can’t read him a book just because jasmine is here?” And that’s all she told me.
Day 3 of me being there i did the same tasks as the day before and I successfully put him down for his nap as well as washed bottles. After I put baby down for a nap I asked the mom “is there anything that you want me to do while he is napping” and I asked because I did everything that needed to be done except laundry because she did it before I started working. She said “no, you washed his bottles, straightened up and laundry day isn’t until Friday so you can chill until he wakes up” 1hr into the nap the baby cried and I was going into the room to check on him and me and the mom got there at the same time. She let me try to put him back to sleep and I did it. She later told me that the father said “why is jasmine just sitting downstairs? There is always something for her to do” and she said “she did everything that pertains to the baby so she can chill” she also told me he said “why are you going to check on the baby if jasmine is there? Does she do anything?” She said “me and jasmine got to the room at the same time and she put him back to sleep, if I want to check on the baby I can”.
Towards the end of my shift on day 3 the father came home and I was sitting in the floor just watching the baby play. He looked so mad and went up stairs and started talking to the mother. The baby had a poopy diaper so I went upstairs to change him and I heard the father say “I walk in the house and she’s just sitting on the floor watching him, why isn’t she playing with him?” I didn’t hear what the mother said but I’m there for 6hrs and I do play with the baby, just not every second I’m there. I don’t really feel the need to be in the baby’s face and play with him all day. I just feel like he expects me to do every single thing when I’m still learning the baby.
Am I overthinking it or does it sound like he legitimately doesn’t like me? And what can I do to change how he feels about me?
UPDATE: I got to work literally 20 min ago😭 and the father said they had to talk to me about something. the mother started off saying “I love having you here and you are so good with babys and dogs name but” and the father cut her off and said “your not the right fit for us, can I have your key?” Then the mother said “you’re more than welcome to finish off this week if you would like”… I just said “no it’s ok” and got up and left