Indulgent

[judecorp]

Tomorrow is Friday and I am not working, yet I am sending Punk to day care. It feels so ridiculously indulgent, even though I'm doing it because our house is a disaster and there is no way I can clean it thoroughly with her in the house, nor can I give her the attention she deserves if I am cleaning.

Besides, my day care is flat rate (I pay for Fridays even if she doesn't go) and they were closed Tuesday for Rosh Hashanah as well... so I am going to get my money's worth! ;)

We're going to pick her up after her nap (2:30) so she's not going for a full day, but I actually feel kind of guilty about it. I really do think she'll have a better day playing with kids than watching me vaccuum and clean floors and stuff, though.

It's going to feel so weird without her here!

Comments

[theshapeshifter.livejournal.com]

It is weird when you're not used to it. I often send Duncan to daycare when I get Mondays off, but I (mostly) stopped feeling guilty about it after a few times - he has WAY more fun there than he would being parked at home while I do useful stuff, and the break makes me a better mum afterwards.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she loves playing with the kids and it will be way more fun than being confined to her room while I try to do a million and one other things. I'm happy she'll get the attention she deserves and then we're free to really play with her over the weekend because there won't be as many chores to do.

Yay!!

[loretta78.livejournal.com]

I'm really happy that Punk is walking, btw. She's so cute in that vid. And don't feel guilty. You'll get SO much done tomorrow and you'll feel good about your place again, which puts you in a much better head space to do a whole host of things. Have fun tomorrow! ;)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I am so excited to be able to pound out a lot of these things that /should/ be done more often but there is just no time. And hopefully knock out a couple of things I've been meaning to do for a long while.

xo

[childlight.livejournal.com]

don't feel bad about sending her to daycare. My parents owned their own business so while my dad was gone all day doing service calls my mom was working in the shop repairing appliances at our house. She set her own schedule and had no problem watching me at the same time. But she sent me to daycare 3 half days a week so I could learn to interact with other kids. And I loved it.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Oh, she definitely loves going to day care so I'm not sweating about that. It's just that I negotiated this four-day work week in order to send her to less day care and to spend more time with her... and here I am sending her to day care.

However, I am being REALLY productive today and I think that's good for our family also. I think I will do the Friday thing once a month in order to clean house and organize.

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

I hear ya. I'm debating about whether or not to have hootie_bird go to daycare on Yom Kippur when I plan to attend services. Halleyscomet will be going to work that day and the place where I'll be at services is in cambridge so its not like putting him in daycare would be problematic. Still, I would feel bad being off work and not having him with me.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

In your place, I would definitely do that. It would be damned hard to really concentrate and be present in services when attending to a 6 month old.

p.s. Can you e-mail me your contact info (phones, address) because obviously I have the wrong home phone number and I want to send you that outfit and diaper. :)

[qmama44.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I used to be all MUST MINIMIZE TIME AT CHILDCARE AT ALL COSTS. But now I'm all for using a little time for the exact sorts of reasons you're talking about here. Being organized, clean, etc. helps me be able to have time to actually chill with her a little more when we are together. Also, last week we went out to breakfast after dropping Q off and while that felt a little naughty it was also really really nice.