Charlotte's foot on the left and Evy's on the right
Friday, December 2, 2011
Sometimes.....
Sometimes I cry when I look my girls in the eye because I love them oh so much! I can't imagine my life any other way.
Middle of the Night
Lately the girls have been going to bed around eight or nine at night. Tonight was no different. Charlotte woke up at about 2:30 to eat tonight. I took her out of her bassinet and fed her right away. When she was done eating I took her into her room and attempted to change her diaper. OK.. back up one second.... I have heard that at night you are supposed to not talk to the babies, keep the room dark, etc. etc. So, I only turn the hall light on outside their room so that I can change them with a little bit of light but not a ton. I put Charlotte onto her changing pad, unbutton her sleeper and take off her diaper. I reach for a new diaper and have it about halfway on when I notice that she is peeing on my hand as I am putting on her diaper!! Geez girl! So I not only got peed on but also wasted a perfectly good diaper that was now wet on all sides. Her sleeper and swaddling blanket are also wet and must be changed before going back to sleep. These girls just crack me up! Its also funny that pretty much the same thing happened with Evelyn earlier as well. However, I wasn't lucky enough to have my hand in the way for her.... she peed on the changing pad while I turned my head to reach for a new diaper. That will show me! Just when I thought I was petty quick about changing the diaper.... I guess I will just have to be a little faster next time! =D
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Child Care
Brian teaches adjunct at a college here in town and recently just applied to a couple of other schools to see if he could pick up a few additional classes. Well, he was successful and will now be teaching at two different colleges! Its great for him to get his foot in the door while he is still working on his PhD so that maybe he can become a full professor somewhere when he is done with school. While teaching more = more money and more experience it also means more challenges.
His teaching schedule hasn't been an issue while I was on leave since I could obviously just stay home and take care of the babies. But, as his teaching schedule changes for January that means we will actually have to find someone to watch the kiddos while we are both working. We were hoping that he could teach only night classes but its looking like that isn't going to happen. Brian was recently offered one class at this new school on Mondays and Wednesdays in the morning. The other school is giving him 1-3 classes depending on which ones fill up and one of those would be on Tuesdays during the daytime. He only needs to be gone about 2 1/2-3 hours for each class but they are all spread out and at odd times of the day. I mean who wants to come over and babysit at 6:30am? We figured out that we would be spending half the money he makes teaching on hiring somebody to watch the girls. Is that worth it? Yes and no. It gets his foot in the door for teaching more classes (which could be at night) but it also means that someone other than Brian and I taking care of the girls.
I would say I am a pretty trusting person, but not when it comes to my precious babies. I guard them like a hawk! We don't let any sick people come over and I try not to even see anybody who knows anybody who MIGHT be sick LOL. We make all people wash their hands before handling the babies and don't let anybody hold the babies that smokes unless they haven't smoked in the clothes they are wearing. They are my pride and joy and I don't want them to get sick.
So how the heck are we supposed to hire somebody that we don't even really know to watch them? I am not really comfortable with that thought at all. There are a couple of people that we know that may want the job so I guess we will just have to wait and see. Even if one of the people we know watched them one day and one of our other friends watched them the other days that would be fine. We really want someone to come to the house instead of having to take the babies somewhere. I am hoping that whoever we hire can do a load of laundry and maybe some dishes while they are sleeping too. Wouldn't that be nice! My other reason for wanting to get someone to come to the house is for the fact that it would be difficult for Brian to load and unload the girls himself. It would probably be easier to find somewhere for us to just drop the girls off for a few hours and then pick them up. BUT, I would drop them off and then Brian would have to pick them up. While they are still little and not able to walk themselves to the car I think it would be hard for Brian to get them in and out by himself. He is a very creative thinker and could probably figure it out but it would be easier to not have to. Those daycare places too probably have sick kids and tons of germy fingers everywhere. It gives me the shivers just thinking about all of the germs. Yuck.
If anybody out there has any suggestions on how to get over letting a stranger into the house or how to even find someone, I am open for suggestions. =)
His teaching schedule hasn't been an issue while I was on leave since I could obviously just stay home and take care of the babies. But, as his teaching schedule changes for January that means we will actually have to find someone to watch the kiddos while we are both working. We were hoping that he could teach only night classes but its looking like that isn't going to happen. Brian was recently offered one class at this new school on Mondays and Wednesdays in the morning. The other school is giving him 1-3 classes depending on which ones fill up and one of those would be on Tuesdays during the daytime. He only needs to be gone about 2 1/2-3 hours for each class but they are all spread out and at odd times of the day. I mean who wants to come over and babysit at 6:30am? We figured out that we would be spending half the money he makes teaching on hiring somebody to watch the girls. Is that worth it? Yes and no. It gets his foot in the door for teaching more classes (which could be at night) but it also means that someone other than Brian and I taking care of the girls.
I would say I am a pretty trusting person, but not when it comes to my precious babies. I guard them like a hawk! We don't let any sick people come over and I try not to even see anybody who knows anybody who MIGHT be sick LOL. We make all people wash their hands before handling the babies and don't let anybody hold the babies that smokes unless they haven't smoked in the clothes they are wearing. They are my pride and joy and I don't want them to get sick.
So how the heck are we supposed to hire somebody that we don't even really know to watch them? I am not really comfortable with that thought at all. There are a couple of people that we know that may want the job so I guess we will just have to wait and see. Even if one of the people we know watched them one day and one of our other friends watched them the other days that would be fine. We really want someone to come to the house instead of having to take the babies somewhere. I am hoping that whoever we hire can do a load of laundry and maybe some dishes while they are sleeping too. Wouldn't that be nice! My other reason for wanting to get someone to come to the house is for the fact that it would be difficult for Brian to load and unload the girls himself. It would probably be easier to find somewhere for us to just drop the girls off for a few hours and then pick them up. BUT, I would drop them off and then Brian would have to pick them up. While they are still little and not able to walk themselves to the car I think it would be hard for Brian to get them in and out by himself. He is a very creative thinker and could probably figure it out but it would be easier to not have to. Those daycare places too probably have sick kids and tons of germy fingers everywhere. It gives me the shivers just thinking about all of the germs. Yuck.
If anybody out there has any suggestions on how to get over letting a stranger into the house or how to even find someone, I am open for suggestions. =)
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