The first in-home child care worker we interviewed just happened to be the best! We interviewed several others, and many were good, but she stood out among the rest.
Her name is Lorna, and she's been doing in-home child care for over 6 years. She has gone through ECFE training with her own children and decided that she wants to make a career out of taking care of young kids. She and her husband purchased their house specifically for this business. They have a fenced yard with lots of playground equipment, and if that's not enough, they have a city park right across the street. We really liked what she had to say about infants, routines, working with parents/families, and curriculum for her kids. Also, she's less than 1 minute's drive away!
This is a huge relief for me, as I was extremely anxious about this decision and the availability (or lack thereof) of infant childcare. I was pessimistically expecting to find all of my options below par, forcing me to choose among sub-standard child care or staying home. Easy decision, but hard to manage. Thankfully, the people I've spoken to these past few weeks are very qualified and do good things with the kids in their charge.
We're at the "waiting game" point of the pregnancy. Judy feels semi-frequent Braxton-Hicks contractions and the baby is "dropped," though this is hard to tell because she has carried this baby low since we can remember. Lots of uncomfortable pressure on the pelvis. We have another doctor's appointment on Friday.
I've announced already to my co-workers and students that I wouldn't be surprised if we went into labor earlier than June 3rd, so I'm hoping that I didn't jinx things there. In the meantime, I think I've gone through a bit of nesting this weekend, though my version is slightly different. I have an urge to shop and buy anything and everything that Bean would like or could use. Today I came home with a multi-drawer, colorful supply drawer that would go great in Bean's room. Along with the drawer set-up, I found several cool packages of books. 36 Illustrated Classics for $50!!! Sigh...I didn't pull the trigger, but I was close.
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You're probably right. This team has one clear leader and captain.
I thought about hanging a scoreboard for parenting in Bean's room, and spotting Judy about 1 million points. I catch up by changing wet diapers (1 point), poopy diapers (2 points), exploding diapers (3 points), etc.
Depending on the volume of the cry, I think I should get anywhere between 5-25 points for that.
Still, none of it compares to Judy's 9 months and 1 day of hard work (labor).
Bean has got to be the most anticipated arrival I've ever seen. I've been looking at all those cute "got to have" items, too. Bean is so lucky to have parents like Judy and Tyler and she's going to love this blogspot when she learns to read. Great Grandad is arriving on May 26th from California so Judy anytime after that go ahead and "nest" to your hearts content. I'm happy you found your day care person. And T-dad I'll have to send in a picture of Lively Gran. Should I wear shades?
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