Lassie, Cause the baby would be older. She is not an easy little one to take care of, some kids are, some aren't, kwim.
He hates.....I mean hates.....to burden anyone, for any reason. If he was bleeding to death and you walked along and put a tourniquet on him, he'd say "leave it, do NOT get blood on your clothes...I mean it...leave it alone!"
He's just that way. Only another person who is funny about imposing (cough<mrsnop>cough) could understand.
