Deciding to have a baby is a monumental affair! Adding a baby to the mix changes the dynamics of established relationships within the family, routines and schedules. As the arrival of a baby is anticipated, mental and physical preparations are made so that when the little one arrives, everything and everyone is ready to accept the joys - and responsibilities - that go along with him or her...
I know this is not news to anyone who has a family...
Wednesday, January 30. 2008
I'm Expecting A Baby...Tomorrow!
A home daycare group becomes like a family. Over the days we spend together we get to know and love one another. We get accustomed to everyone's particular schedule, personality, abilities and needs.
Tomorrow we are expecting a blessed event in our little daycare family - actually two of them!
Yesterday I received notice that two new children will be joining us at our daycare home. The baby is not quite three months old and her brother is 17 months old.
I am delighted to have them! They seem like lovely children from a caring family. The arrangements all came together very quickly, though, so I am feeling as if I am squeezing the whole anticipation - "pregnancy" - preparation steps into a matter of hours, instead of months, or at least weeks. I feel that overnight my whole work situation is going to change. Where the youngest now just turned two years old and is very self-sufficient (she can eat by herself, talk and is working on toilet-training) now I'll have to go back - again - to bottles, burping, carrying an infant...not to mention baby poop, slobber and spit-up! Ain't my job glamorous?!
Not that I'm complaining...after all, it's what I do. And don't tell the older kids, but I kind of prefer the tiny ones!
The little boy is going to be an adjustment for us all, too. We have been an all-girl band for almost two years! Mostly I'm concerned that the girls will try to boss him around. These are not dainty little flowers we have around here!
The children will have some adjustments to make too. My attention will have to be spread over a couple more kids, one of whom is helpless for the time being. This particular group of kids have been together for a long time, so they are set in their ways! This is going to throw everyone into the blender for a while, I think!
Oh well, c'est la vie!
Maybe the excitement will make the Winter seem to pass more quickly...
Tomorrow we are expecting a blessed event in our little daycare family - actually two of them!Yesterday I received notice that two new children will be joining us at our daycare home. The baby is not quite three months old and her brother is 17 months old.
I am delighted to have them! They seem like lovely children from a caring family. The arrangements all came together very quickly, though, so I am feeling as if I am squeezing the whole anticipation - "pregnancy" - preparation steps into a matter of hours, instead of months, or at least weeks. I feel that overnight my whole work situation is going to change. Where the youngest now just turned two years old and is very self-sufficient (she can eat by herself, talk and is working on toilet-training) now I'll have to go back - again - to bottles, burping, carrying an infant...not to mention baby poop, slobber and spit-up! Ain't my job glamorous?!
Not that I'm complaining...after all, it's what I do. And don't tell the older kids, but I kind of prefer the tiny ones!
The little boy is going to be an adjustment for us all, too. We have been an all-girl band for almost two years! Mostly I'm concerned that the girls will try to boss him around. These are not dainty little flowers we have around here!The children will have some adjustments to make too. My attention will have to be spread over a couple more kids, one of whom is helpless for the time being. This particular group of kids have been together for a long time, so they are set in their ways! This is going to throw everyone into the blender for a while, I think!
Oh well, c'est la vie!
Maybe the excitement will make the Winter seem to pass more quickly...
SB
And of course most of my kids did NOT like the baby swing, so that meant I learned how to hold a baby like a football while I did most everything else.
Is that how it is for you or will you be able to let the baby lie in a pack and play or a swing?
I actually prefer starting with a child in infancy, before they have developed too many behaviors that we will have to "adjust." ("You will comply...resistance is futile...!")
Her parents assure me that she is fond of her baby swing, so I lucked out in that department. There are just as many babies who don't like the swing, so I've become very proficient at the "football" hold!
While I certainly won't leave her in the swing all day, it sure is nice to know that if I need to have her be safely contained for a minute that the swing is an option!
Here we go off on another new adventure!
I can't imagine doing what I do if I had kids of my own, not to mention maintaining my sanity...what there is of it!
I'm glad you stopped by!
Carole
Of course I am a bit prejudiced as you are my sis and they are my niece and nephew!
Sure it takes patience, but that is developed through the years too.
But I do appreciate your high opinion of me!
"Saint" Gina