At what point do you give up on your daycare ever reopening? At this point they have totally stopped even updating us. It's been 4 months, guys. I can't do this forever. I think we're going to start trying to find a new one. This sucks so bad. When we initally looked for daycares 4 years ago I didn't even have a second choice. BLAH.
Backstory: My daycare is located in a public school and the public school system is basically not open to any discussion of them being able to resume so we've just been left with no info essentially.
I’d look for something else as frustrating as it is.
My random is that the city outside the military base we live on finally passed a mask mandate today! Hooray! I basically stopped shopping anywhere there because not many people wore masks and it just made me nervous.
Post by dreamcrisp1 on Jul 9, 2020 14:19:26 GMT -5
We’re going on vacation in 2 weeks (im in Europe) and I can’t wait. It’s been raining here for 3 weeks and I’m so over it. I am sooo ready for some beach and sun.
We also scheduled 4 hospital food challenges for DS. I can’t believe his 1st birthday is approaching so quickly. 🥺🥺
Today is our wedding anniversary and DH signed an offer for a new job today. The kids are staying with my parents tonight and we are going to go out to dinner (outdoor dining) for the first time to celebrate! I’m so excited! DHs parents have also smartened up and have stopped bopping back and forth to their FL house so we are letting them visit this weekend to see this kids for the first time since Feb. We rented a hotel room in town for Friday night so they could get alone time with the kiddos. So TWO KID FREE NIGHTS.
On the flip side of my good news my dad is going to have to have his 4th surgery and hospitalization starting Monday and I am in a total panic about having to send our kids back to daycare. I do not feel safe but I literally will have no other choices once DH starts the job. I think once they start I will feel better but I have a panicked feeling about it all.
Last night was the first night ever that unicorn sleeper DS (almost 20 months) has ever woken up during the night and cried/screamed. H and I legit had no idea what to do. Poor kid was so exhausted by morning. Could it be him starting back at daycare this week for the first time since March? Sleep regression? Teeth? No idea! It's also our first day back from a week off and I want to crawl in bed instead of work.
freshsqueezed , same. I think I nursed DS for the last time on Sunday. He latched but I don't think he got anything. It had gotten to be a "not even every day thing," so I think that was kind of it. He is 13m, which is about the same age as when DD weaned. I am glad to have done it, sad at the transition, but also happy for the pretty bras and bodily independence on the other side. Happily, the bras I bought after DD weaned still fit, so I have moved back to those. I am still going to treat myself with some pretty new ones, maybe when the Nordstrom anniversary sale starts next month.
icedcoffee , ugh I am so sorry. I have bad vibes about daycare waitlists. We're knee deep on a waitlist at our original #2, because our daycare building's logistics just might kill me. Unfortunately at last check in DS was #30 for 12 spots. I'm hoping it'll improve when he ages up from infant to toddler and the ratio changes. Logistics keep getting worse at our daycare -- now down to 2 street parking drop zone spots for the entire daycare, down from maybe 5-6 street drop zone spots, and they are on the complete opposite part of the city block from only building entrance (the building takes up a whole block). I have to wonder if someone is seriously this petty. But I keep telling myself: at least they are open. At least they are open. At least they are open. (And all teachers/students covid-free this whole time.)
Post by hbomdiggity on Jul 9, 2020 16:12:04 GMT -5
I am so ready for MIL to go home.
She came to visit in March and basically got stuck here/stayed to help with DS. And for that I am grateful as it was a huge help in the beginning as H and I were beyond busy with work. But now we are all just done. She has become completely ineffective with DS and I want my house back.
Susie thankfully I put out some feelers and it seems like most places have space for our kids but holy shit I didn’t realize how good we had it on price. One place is literally twice what we pay at our current center.
I think I may have found an in home for what our current center costs. I’m going to go see it on Monday. They say they have space for both kids.
Ugh this just sucks. Also because it’s an in home I think I’ll need to move DS1 next year to a more formal preschool setting. This all sucks so much.
Post by Velar Fricative on Jul 9, 2020 16:46:21 GMT -5
We were prepared to keep the girls at home until September (if schools reopen by then) but DD2’s daycare is reopening 8/3. Saving the tuition has been nice but we are so tempted to send her back. I came home from work today and asked her what she did today and said she went to school and played with her friends. She talks about missing school and friends way more than DD1 does so we may send her a couple of days a week.
freshsqueezed , same. I think I nursed DS for the last time on Sunday. He latched but I don't think he got anything. It had gotten to be a "not even every day thing," so I think that was kind of it. He is 13m, which is about the same age as when DD weaned. I am glad to have done it, sad at the transition, but also happy for the pretty bras and bodily independence on the other side. Happily, the bras I bought after DD weaned still fit, so I have moved back to those. I am still going to treat myself with some pretty new ones, maybe when the Nordstrom anniversary sale starts next month.
icedcoffee , ugh I am so sorry. I have bad vibes about daycare waitlists. We're knee deep on a waitlist at our original #2, because our daycare building's logistics just might kill me. Unfortunately at last check in DS was #30 for 12 spots. I'm hoping it'll improve when he ages up from infant to toddler and the ratio changes. Logistics keep getting worse at our daycare -- now down to 2 street parking drop zone spots for the entire daycare, down from maybe 5-6 street drop zone spots, and they are on the complete opposite part of the city block from only building entrance (the building takes up a whole block). I have to wonder if someone is seriously this petty. But I keep telling myself: at least they are open. At least they are open. At least they are open. (And all teachers/students covid-free this whole time.)
Reading this makes me worried. We're pretty sure our daycare is closing for good in September or October and I don't want to look again 😭 I just don't have it in me. So we'll probably just be screwed come October.
I would look for a new center because I imagine if the public school reopens the daycare will be shut down, so I am guessing you need a new one either way unless they find a new location.
Post by icedcoffee on Jul 10, 2020 12:47:09 GMT -5
Kind of an update: Yesterday I emailed the CEO of my daycare and basically asked if we should be looking for a new daycare. He replied today and said he just got word that they will be able to reopen and we should have an update very soon.
I also have a tour scheduled with an in home on Monday. They have space for both kids.
Pro of the new place would be it's cheaper. Con would be I think I'd have to move my older kid again next year to a proper preschool since he'll be almost 5 (November baby). I think we're going to give them another week or 2 to issue a statement before we pull them.
Even if old daycare doesn't open until Sept. that's fine we just need to know what their plans are. Knowledge is power and all that jazz.