Darryl and Wanda are exhausted when Zoe's excessive crying keeps them up all night. Wanda looks to Carl for some help -- who in turn is looking for some help with Rodney -- and soon sees that Rodney's the only one that can make Zoe stop crying. When he gets home from work, Darryl is amazed that Rodney is Zoe's new babysitter. Melinda is amazed when she comes over late that night to claim Rodney, only to find him sleepingly peacefully with Zoe. Wanting some time apart from her son as much as Darryl and Wanda want some time apart from Zoe's crying, Melinda leaves him there -- which is fine with the MacPhersons since it means they get to have sex that night. The next morning, Rodney doesn't want to leave and his parents don't want him to leave. Darryl makes him leave, and Zoe goes right back to crying. He and Wanda have no choice but to take Rodney in as Zoe's full-time babysitter. But it doesn't take long before the little extortionist demands money out of the MacPhersons to continue kee

Wanda anxiously awaits an interview at a prestigious preschool with Zoe. Carl gets stuck with a $200 bill after Rodney causes damage at a carnival freakshow, then makes the kid work to pay him back. Wanda's anxiety turns to panic when she notices Zoe's head plagued with ugly lesions. Dr. Gruber says it's cradle cap, which will clear up eventually. Though Darryl believes it won't affect Zoe's chances of getting in, he sees how much looks do count when his old boss, Mr. Thompson -- who doesn't know who he is -- parades around the office with his newer, younger wife. Wanda's hopes are dashed when Zoe develops pink eye, then falls on her face, causing a bad scab. Wanda dreads the interview so much that she ends up taking Bunny's effeminate, long-haired son, Haggot, instead. The headmistress is fooled, even with Darryl dropping by unexpectedly and nearly blowing her cover. Darryl is so mad at Wanda for lying that he tells Mr. Thompson that Bizzy is his wife -- which gets him noticed. Wanda'

Wanda and Darryl already begin to disagree about child-rearing on the way home from the hospital with Zoe, their newborn. Wanda believes in a more relaxed upbringing, whereas Darryl wants to shield Zoe from everything potentially harmful, such as television. It doesn't help that Wanda and Darryl's four parents are all visiting them for Christmas dinner.