This Mother Received a Photo From the Babysitter That Left Her Paralyzed in Fear

Claudia was excited to be a new mother. Though she wanted to be with her baby 24/7, she needed help to take care of her newborn. She wanted someone that she could trust. It took time to find the perfect sitter. 

Claudia Sorhaindo was a diligent and responsible mother. After giving birth, she couldn’t wait to take care of her baby. Unfortunately, however, she also had to go back to work. Nonetheless, she did her best to raise a child while balancing her professional life.

It’s natural for a new mother like Claudia to want to spend more time with her new baby daughter. However, the culture we live in rarely recognizes a mother’s contributions as work. And so she returned to work to afford the necessities of raising a child. 

Claudia was living in Lakeland, Florida, along with her newly born daughter, Ava. She loved taking care of her as she spent the first month tending to all her needs. However, by the second month, she sensed the need to go back to work.

Many mothers have difficulty balancing their work life and personal responsibilities. Motherhood is highly demanding, and despite it being one of the most important jobs—period—society all too often overlooks the physical, mental, and emotional work of being a full-time parent.

Due to the in-person meeting she needed to attend, Claudia seemed to have no choice but to leave her baby daughter in someone else’s care. After speaking to her superior, she immediately made a list of all the possible options before she had to return to work. 

Given the choices available to her, Claudia knew she only had one option. Since she had already used her maternity leave, she had no choice but to attend the business meeting as her boss advised.

Claudia was a new mom who decided to return to work. But, along with making that decision, she also had to make another critical choice: finding a babysitter to care for her two-month-old baby girl, Ava, while she immersed herself back into her work. 

Claudia had to go through her list of contacts quickly to see who would be available when she attended the meeting. She decided to check who among her family members was around —as well as her friends. Unfortunately, despite there being a long potential list, nobody was readily available.

Claudia’s sister recommended her daughter J’Ann—Claudia’s niece—to care for the newborn. J’Ann, according to her mother, was free. Besides, she was responsible and up to the task, despite only being a young lady herself. 

Claudia expressed her doubts about her sister’s proposal. However, in the end, her sister convinced her everything would be fine. When it came down to it, Claudia had no other options. That being said, she was still worried that J’Ann’s age would be an issue.

As the day of Claudia’s critical business meeting approached, she couldn’t help but think that she was running out of time. She felt pushed out of choice by circumstance. She would have to go with the flow, even if it felt unsettling.

Despite being a teenager, J’Ann felt she was capable of babysitting her aunt’s newborn. She was more than excited to start. However, no one could have predicted what was about to happen. Claudia laid out specific lists and rules to ensure that everything would go smoothly.

Though J’Ann was relatively young, she was confident in caring for her aunt’s baby. This confidence wasn’t for nothing, though. She was the oldest grandchild within the family and had experience babysitting her other cousins. Best of all, J’Ann was CPR-qualified.

Claudia had never been away from her daughter since the day she gave birth. Just like all new moms, she couldn’t help but feel attached to her newborn and guilty about leaving her. Being physically apart from baby Ava was tough.

Claudia poured over all the details J’Ann needed to know. She explained to her niece everything she needed to do and the specific contact numbers to call in case an emergency arose. It seemed as though J’Ann was taking it all in. 

Claudia’s drive to the office was the longest she had ever made in her life. She constantly glanced at her phone to check for messages. She received a text from J’Ann—she couldn’t check it because she was driving. 

Apparently, J’Ann sent Claudia a picture—the thumbnail previewed Ava’s outline, but it was too blurry to make out. Claudia couldn’t help but go into panic mode. Why would the babysitter send her a photo of her daughter? She could only think that something terrible had happened while she was away. 

The picture wouldn’t load. Claudia was going crazy in the front seat, her anxiety through the roof. Millions of unwanted and intrusive thoughts were circling in her head. Was there something wrong? She hit refresh and tried to download the image again.

Claudia’s patience had run out. She decided she could no longer wait for the image to complete its download. She wanted answers right now. She began dialing J’Ann’s number. Fortunately, she was more than ready to explain what she had sent in the picture.

Claudia immediately read J’Anne’s text. By this time, the picture had finally been downloaded in its entirety. She switched from the call screen to the image. The photo clearly shows the legs of her baby looking swollen. Claudia looked the picture up and down. What was it? 

When Claudia saw the complete image, she felt a profound sense of relief. Her worries dissipated as she began to laugh. She got out of her car, looked at the picture again, and wondered why she felt anxious in the first place. 

Later, Claudia realized just how well-suited her niece was to the babysitting job. J’Anne proved that she knew that keeping an eye on the baby was of utmost importance, but she also knew how to get things done while keeping an eye on the kid. 

J’Ann decided to place little baby Ava inside her sweatpants. Doing so was 100% safe as Ava was tightly secure thanks to the waistband in J’Anne’s pants. This meant that while watching Ava, she could quickly go to the kitchen and make her sandwich or do any number of things.

As a new mom, Claudia was highly pleased with what she saw. That evening, she went to Facebook and shared the amusing sight. She uploaded the picture J’Anne sent and captioned it with the words “hands-free method.” Claudia also explained in detail what exactly happened.

After she posted the picture, Claudia had to go back to work the next day. She was surprised at the outpouring of varied reactions generated by the image. Social media was abuzz with J’Anne’s wise antics. She needed a little cheering with the week she’d had.

However, Claudia was shocked that the picture she uploaded reached people other than her friends and family. When she logged into her social media profile, she saw that the image had already made its rounds all across the platform. 

Besides the views the post generated, it also elicited hundreds of likes. Claudia had to constantly check herself if she were dreaming as she never imagined her little Ava and her niece J’Anne would become the darlings of the internet. 

Claudia made sure she read the other comments posted by all the users who saw the picture. She also noticed that many people were tagged to her account due to the number of times it was shared. A lot of the comments couldn’t help but gush at Claudia’s adorable baby Ava. 

A user even commented that the pants baby Ava was put in should be patented. They even suggested that maternity pants should be made as baby-holders after they become redundant in their original purpose. 

Thanks to J’Ann, Claudia began to conjure a step-by-step business plan that could positively change the lives of new mothers and pregnant women all across the country and even, someday, beyond. Essentially, it could potentially make their lives a lot easier.

The aunt and niece got talking about it. Soon, both Claudia and J’Ann were ecstatic about the pant’s design. But it only took a short time for Claudia to realize that putting up a small business took a lot of time and energy. It also required significant funding.

Though the fundraiser didn’t achieve the targeted amount, donations poured in from various people. A lot of them wanted to see the JPants put into production. They wished to see them come into existence soon so they could start wearing them!

Throughout such a turbulent time, Claudia was still grateful for what she had. She was extremely appreciative of J’Ann’s continued efforts in caring for her baby Ava. Clearly, her niece was doing her very best to help her adjust to being a working mom.

There was a solid reason why Claudia found the need to be overprotective toward her little bundle of joy, Ava. In truth, it was not her first time being a mom. Her worry and anxieties were not brought about by the “first-time mother syndrome.” 

Unfortunately, Claudia did lose one baby. It was 2011, and she was caring for Jenelle, her three-month-old daughter. However, there was some mix-up with medication that resulted in an unexpected accident. The entire family was devastated when Jenelle passed away. 

But as fate would have it, she became pregnant with Ava. At this time, she and her fiancé decided to move to America. Claudia didn’t actually believe she could ever be pregnant again. But when she learned she was having another baby, she saw it as a miracle and a blessing. 

After Claudia lost her little Jenelle, she and her partner were told that they would never have another child in their lives. But when Claudia got pregnant and gave birth to Ava, she knew this child was special. 

When she posted the picture on her Facebook, it became viral. It only vindicated her decision to move to the States. Being in America allowed her to receive all the help she could get in almost any situation she found herself in.

Having Baby Ava was a great blessing for Claudia and her partner. When they lost Jenelle, no one in their family believed they could ever recover from the tragic loss. But with time, everyone—including Claudia herself—was proven wrong.

Claudia was ready to start anew. The business she created with her niece J’Ann and little daughter Ava was a symbol of the new life she intended to live as they pushed forward to the future. Thankfully, her family was always there to support her and all her endeavors.