Child Care YAY!

[judecorp]

Last night we went to the "graduation ceremony" at Punk's potential new child care. Kathy (the child care lady) suggested we come so we could meet the other parents, which was really nice of her. Also, since her phone hasn't been working this week, it gave me the opportunity to ask the Very Important Question ("I know you close at 5, but we work until 5, can we PLEASE PLEASE do 5:15 even though you don't allow it?") as well as providing begging as needed ("especially since she won't be coming on Fridays, come on, we won't tell anyone"). Thankfully she said YES and I did not have to have a heart attack in the middle of Springfield. Thankfully.

So we got to meet the parents of the other kids and they were all incredibly nice and, more importantly, they were all positively GLOWING about this woman. I mean, they could not say enough things. One family had one child there, but they had their previous child there too who is now in third grade. They kept her in from toddlerhood until she left for kindergarten and will be doing the same with their current kid. I think that says a lot. The families were very nice and they were all introducing themselves and they all seem to know each other's kids (probably from events like this and drop-offs and stuff) and everyone seemed really close. I really love Punk's current child care situation but I think this one will be good, too.

And she said yes to 5:15 (THANK GOODNESS) so we gave her a deposit and will start her on September 2nd. Phew phew phew phew. Phew. And our current child care lady (Marcia) said that as long as she has a spot open, she would love to be a back-up day care for Punk if she ever needs it. Because she loves her so much. That's always nice to hear.

We were there until 8pm and she was HOWLING by the time we left because she was so spent, and then we drove home, and then she was wired and didn't fall asleep until 9, but then she slept straight to 6am solid. She didn't fall back asleep like she usually does but dude, who cares? 9 hours straight, baby!! I didn't push her falling back to sleep so we could try to preserve some sort of schedule, but we'll see how that goes. Another molar broke skin some time recently (last two days), two to go.

Comments

[lelumama.livejournal.com]

YAY for 9 hours of sleep. I hope it made you feel a little relieved from sleep deprivation.

And Yay for good childcare!

Go you!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Well, *I* didn't sleep that long, but Punk did. I slept for crap. But eh.

xo

[sareste.livejournal.com]

That all sounds so awesome. What a relief!

And dude, 9 HOURS?? I would pass out and die if I woke up and realized my kid had slept for so long. Go Punk Go!

[msredkitty.livejournal.com]

oh i'm SO glad you got childcare! what a relief that must be.

[hetterrific.livejournal.com]

What a great way to finish off your week :)

[starzz.livejournal.com]

Well no wonder she is having sleepy time issues! molars are hard work for them! :) Great that you were able to get some SOLID sleep! go go Punk!

[goddamnelf.livejournal.com]

I hope you can get some better sleep for yourself, and punk.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

I know it's always on going, but it's nice when small things come to closure--new day care, knowledge that she's really restless because of new teeth, etc.

[kaleidoscopeeye.livejournal.com]

I am so glad you were able to find something you feel good about :)

[hope-persists.livejournal.com]

yay! Kathy FTW. i hope you like her as much as Kayla has!

[artemis44.livejournal.com]

What a relief! :)

[qmama44.livejournal.com]

Yay! I've been waiting to find out about this since we were in the same boat. We also found something (gunless), in Florence, and she starts tomorrow! Thank goodness for us both, I'm shocked by some of the options around here...

And I just created a lj acct because it looked so sad to comment without one.

Kathleen

[sassywoman.livejournal.com]

YEA GUS!!!!