babysitting

My flatmate has a one year old daughter and she's oh-so-cute. I had to babysit her through the night and it wasn't difficult because she was supposed to be asleep all of that time. I had a baby monitor and all I had to do was to watch out for her cries, and give her a bottle if she starts wailing.

She made some noises at 3:30am for about five minutes. I got out of bed and stood outside her room for a few minutes. I took the bottle out of the fridge and waited for another few minutes. She quietened down so I put the bottle back in the fridge. It took me a while to get back to sleep and when I did, I had a dream about her crying her lungs out. I can't remember what I was doing, or trying to do, in the dream. I do remember that the dream wasn't very pleasant. It was actually quite stressful being responsible for someone else's child. And I didn't even have to do anything.