(@) first day of daycare

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Awww I hope it goes well! I'm sure he will be fine. Figure at this age he is super flexible and adaptable, right?

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Hugs to you and you know the Doodle will be just fine.

I'm envious of your sadness.

Because right now I would probably give Andy away to the next Jehovah's Witness that knocked on my door. Mom guilt, party of one. So ready to be done with this SAH ish.

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Has he gone through his 6 week growth spurt yet?

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Hell this is only my first and I'm sad as the baby snuggles are going away. I like to have him sleep on my chest now bc I'm so sad for the day when he doesnt want to snuggle with his mommy anymore.

Missussbee - despite what I just said, trust, I was over the SAH thing too. EXCEPT that it was right as I went back to work - the last week or so - that I finally actually started to enjoy staying home with him bc he was/is finally starting to become more interesting and fun. But even so, I wasn't sad to go back to work. I'm eating lunch in peace now. LOL.

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Yeah, he is. We went from a week straight of happy, awake Andy during the day and 4 hours + 3 hour sleep at night to 24 hour straight crying with maybe 1-2 hours of sleep at a time. And he always wants to eat.

Which is pretty much hell because I hate nursing so much, and while I can tolerate it on the regular, I can't ignore or forget how much I hate it when he wants to do it all day. :-( Gah.

Sorry, post hijack. Ignore me. The doodle is going to do great, and you are going to love up on him even more during your off hours. :-)

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So, Im in the process of interviewing daycares. Its VERY hard to find daycares here that accept infants (DS is 3.5 months) because most people up here are off for one year.

So far we have hated every DCP we have interviewed. DH now thinks I should just SAH, but I don't want to. I like getting out of the house. So now he wants to look for a nanny. This is hysterical, because that will cost 2x as much and Dh is normally really cheap.

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Aug 21, 2012 10:46:09 GMT -5 @lauriergirl28 said:

So, Im in the process of interviewing daycares. Its VERY hard to find daycares here that accept infants (DS is 3.5 months) because most people up here are off for one year.

So far we have hated every DCP we have interviewed. DH now thinks I should just SAH, but I don't want to. I like getting out of the house. So now he wants to look for a nanny. This is hysterical, because that will cost 2x as much and Dh is normally really cheap.

Nanny and SAH

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YD will do awesome!!!

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Aug 21, 2012 10:52:04 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

If I am totally honest, both places we put the kids never, ever gave me the "OMG!! This place is perfect!! The kids will LOVE it here." It was more like, "It is way better than the other places we saw and the woman isn't a crackhead, so..."

Now, over time I grew to love both and LB loved both places too and that helps. But I never found a place, at first, that I loved right away or didn't have some doubts about.

But I can never make a decision anyway and always focus on the negative.

I think the biggest issue we are having is that none of the DCP have other kids under 1 - its mostly 1-4 year olds and I worry that they wont have the time to give DS -he's still needy when he needs to eat, sleep, etc. Plus I see a thousand toy choking hazards. Thats the anxious person in me.

I think if he were slightly older I would be more comfortable, but he's not capable of doing anything for himself yet so I'm relying on the DCP 100%.

Also, too many places have pools and I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the drowning risk. My massage therapist found her kids, unsupervised in the pool at her DCP - and get this - the woman was having a NAP!!!! A NAP!!! So she said just to nix anything with a pool for now.

I totally want to SAH and have a nanny. That would be sweeeeeeet.

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Aug 21, 2012 10:59:03 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

Wow. That seems really unprofessional. Are home daycares regulated up there? Now, I have interviewed a lot of HDC and there are degrees of professionalism but a fucking nap?! Jesus.

And I know the age difference is a bit worrisome but just think if he was your second. There would be an age difference and toys every where and you would have to balance out the needs of all of them.

That's at least what I tell myself.

I try to remind myself of this, but I'm kinda neurotic.

I'm sure we will find one we like, eventually. I'm not in a rush.

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Aug 21, 2012 10:27:22 GMT -5 @missusbee said:

Hugs to you and you know the Doodle will be just fine.

I'm envious of your sadness.

Because right now I would probably give Andy away to the next Jehovah's Witness that knocked on my door. Mom guilt, party of one. So ready to be done with this SAH ish.

Ha, good thing you don't live in my neighborhood! All kidding aside, this is normal. Having an infant can be so isolating. I promise it gets fun when they get older. LilShirley is still not even at the really fun stage yet and I can still say this.

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Aug 21, 2012 10:27:22 GMT -5 @missusbee said:

Hugs to you and you know the Doodle will be just fine.

I'm envious of your sadness.

Because right now I would probably give Andy away to the next Jehovah's Witness that knocked on my door. Mom guilt, party of one. So ready to be done with this SAH ish.

Girl, I thought I was broken when I didn't cry when dropping lt off for the first day back for me. I almost ran out. Another mom said the same thing. It is common