also testified that the father had left them at home alone. Both the younger son and the daughter testified that they wanted to live with the mother.
Carrie McCarthy, the father's cousin, was hired to act as the children's nanny and arrived in Mobile on April 11, 2003. She testified that she had been treated for depression. She said that she became upset when the father had become angry with her when she took the children to buy a gift for the mother for Mother's Day because the father had wanted to do that.
Jim Walker testified that he babysat for the children when the father was called to work and that he has occasionally slept in the nude at the family home with the children present in the home.children. The mother has been the parent responsible for the children's health-care needs. She has transported the children to the doctor's office and cared for the children when they were ill. The mother has regularly met with the children's teachers throughout their lives, in contrast to the father who has done so only recently as a result of the divorce litigation. It is clear that the children have a close relationship with their mother; all three children, after living with the father following the divorce, want to live with the mother. The father has a demanding work schedule that has required the hiring of a full-time nanny to care for the children's daily needs. Although the dissent focuses on Dr. Bennett's recommendation that the father have custody, even