About three weeks ago Stephanie informed me that she could not watch Max anymore. My heart immediately sank. What was I going to do? Who is going to watch him? How am I going to find someone...that I can trust? Max loves Stephanie and her children and I have never felt guilty for leaving him there for the day. Will I ever find that again?
I started out my journey with serious anxiety and nerves. We wanted to stick with in-home daycare as we feel he is too young to go to a center and needs more attention. I started my search with CCR&R and was provided with a list of 14 individuals in the area by my work to contact. I scheduled interviews with the ones on the list that had availability. At the end of week one I was freaked out because my interviews were not going so well. Nothing seemed to pan out and let me just say that we met some very interesting people. One place we skipped the interview and just drove past the home. Yes, it was starting to get very scary and I didn't know what we were going to do. I was kind of freaking out, so I did what anyone would do at 1am on a Saturday morning...sign up for Care.com. (Perfect example of how my life has changed. Instead of being out partying at 1am I am having anxiety and creating an advertisement on some website in search of a stranger to take care of the most precious thing in my life.) This is a website that I have heard so much about and came highly recommended by many people that I know.
After some unique emails that I received, I set up a couple more interviews. I did come across one person that I really liked and felt would be a good fit. She has two daughters (10 and 2) and has been a stay-at-home mom for 8 years. She is a former teacher and military woman who wants to pursue her goal of having her own preschool, so she is starting by having one in her house. She was advertising for 1-6 year olds so she can teach preschool skills to and Max did not reach that age range, but since she is just starting out she is taking him. Andy and I were looking at this for the long term that he will not just be sitting there all day watching talk shows (yes, one house we visited was like that) he will be learning as she will have activities planned. One room in her house was set up just like a preschool...way too cute! Her house is 2 minutes from my work, so things started looking up and I started to feel a little better about this. I took Andy and Max there for a second round of interviews and meeting and we both agreed that she is the one as long as her references and background check came out good.
Max is now being taken care of by Ms. Marie during the day and I feel good (as good as a mom can feel about a stranger taking care of her child) about this. I am excited for him to learn new things with Ms. Marie and Emmy (her two year old). I am happy our search is over and my life can go back to being a little less stressed out.
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