Community› The Bump Month Clubs› April 2012 Moms
April 2012 Moms
New Discussion

Any 2+ moms still sending their older child(ren) to daycare?

C&C6202005C&C6202005 member
in April 2012 Moms

I have been home all week with the girls and I don't know if it is just DD#1 adjusting to the new baby...myself suffering from "baby blues"/hormones out of control...or what, but I just cannot make it through the day without feeling like I am losing my mind.

I am still paying for full time daycare until the end of May for DD#1 and probably going to start taking her back full time tomorrow.  I feel like I need some time to get myself back and work on a routine with DD#2.  Of course, I also feel super guilty about sending her to daycare even though she loves it there.  DH is totally supportive about her continuing full time because he does work long hours and knows how exhausted I am by the end of the day.  For the rest of the summer I am on a "pay when she goes" schedule and we will hopefully have a routine down by then and she can just go one day a week so she doesn't forget the routine there as well. 

Guess I am just hoping that I am not the only one in this situation.  Sad 

Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
Report Reply to Post

Re: Any 2+ moms still sending their older child(ren) to daycare?

  • UnknownUnknown
    This content has been removed.
  • Loading the player...
  • dixee.deluxedixee.deluxe

    image

    But I think it's coming to an end.  MIL does our daycare and E was a big jerk today.  I have a feeling she was hinting that she needs some time off.  Ugh. 

    AlternaTickers - Cool, free Web tickers AlternaTickers - Cool, free Web tickers AlternaTickers - Cool, free Web tickers image
    Report Reply
  • Harper'smomHarper'smom

    I work ft but DD goes to all day Pre-school 3 days a week and will through out my leave. She needs it, she is too busy to be stuck inside with us and I'm not the most adventurous newborn mama. MIL will not be watching her on the other two days and I am super nervous as I'm not used to being home with her, let alone with a infant. It sounds weird but I've rarely ever been alone with DD#1. 

    Image and video hosting by TinyPic AlternaTickers - Cool, free Web tickers AlternaTickers - Cool, free Web tickers
    Report Reply
  • RichInLoveRichInLove member
    'oh gosh, definitely don't feel bad about sending her! If I were in your shoes, I would do the same thing!
    Lilypie Third Birthday tickers

    Lilypie First Birthday tickers
    Report Reply
  • jbaronjbaron
    We are doing the SAME thing!  He loves it there, is learning a lot, and gets more energy out than he would at home with me and a newborn... it is a win-win-win situation.
    imageimageLilypie First Birthday tickers Lilypie Fourth Birthday tickers Daisypath Anniversary tickers
    Report Reply
  • tiannaleetiannalee
    imagedixee.deluxe:

    image

    DS has stayed home a couple times and I nearly went insane!

    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
    Report Reply
  • roxaneroxane
    I did it with DD and will do it with both of them through mid May -We're already paid up. You bet they are going. If you can afford it is is so wonderful to have that time to bond with baby AND it is good to keep the little ones on their routines.
    Mom to little frog 8/07, Lucky Duck 5/10, & Little Lion 4/12
    image
    Report Reply
  • starbound6starbound6
    LOL@ HELL YES!!  My DS goes to Montessori one day a week, and my Mum has him for 2 days.  So that's 3 days he's out of the house doing his own thing, and in the case of Grandma, getting special one-on-one attention.  Don't feel bad at all, they need their own time away from you and the new baby!!
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
    Report Reply
  • ChicaT415ChicaT415 member
    yup! DS is going to daycare everyday from 7-3. Next week he is home with me because daycare is closed for vacation. Luckily my mom will be here to help out! He will continue to go until mid june when she closes for the summer (it is school year only) so they will both be home with me from mid June until I go back to work at the end of August. Hopefully by then DS will be more adjusted and DD will be more on a routine.
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Report Reply
  • Punken13Punken13 member
    Our boys will be going to dc/ school I think it's important to keep their routine the same as much as possible for all of us



    Court
    DH 40  ME 40
    GD, Myasthenia Gravis, Factor V Leiden

    DS #1 born via emergancy c-section 01/23/06 at 37w

    DS#2 born via c-section 10/27/2007 at 36w due to PROM

    DS #3 born via repeat c-section 04/13/2012 at 39w



    "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin
    Report Reply
  • Musiclover2012Musiclover2012
    Yup, DS is going as usual. 
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
    Report Reply
  • ljeckesljeckes

    Don't feel guilty AT ALL!!! Our DD is currently going 3 days/wk & will continue to do so once baby arrives (in 11 days...eek!). Like PP's have said, she loves going & the interaction she gets there with her peers is something that I wouldn't be able to provide her. Part of me feels a bit guilty as well but I know it's good to keep her routine as normal as possible & day care is a solid part of that. 

    Hope you start feeling good about your decision to keep sending her. :) 

    Pregnancy Ticker Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Report Reply
  • ToraniTorani member
    I have to pay for it whether he goes or not, so he's going, even though I've been home all week.  No baby yet here though, so it's given me time to catch up on housework and get stuff ready without having to deal with the fact that he does not nap well at home.  When DS2 is born, DS1 will still be going, since I plan on sleeping when the baby sleeps!
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"