Still looking...
How do I know if they will treat him well? How will I know that they will pay close attention to his needs, and that other kids won't pinch him and hurt him? He can't complain. He can't tell me how his day went. How am I supposed to feel at ease everyday, every minute knowing that my very young child is in some place with some people we don't know and trust?
I think every parent who sends her kid to daycare worry about the same thing and now is my turn to feel that way. If I was listening to somebody else telling me this, I would probably say "just think about the thousands of kids being sent to daycare everyday and they turn out ok...". But now that I'm talking about my own, it feels totally different. I am not just worried about him, I am scared!
Unfortunately, it is hardly possible to hire an experienced nanny here without spending a fortune. And it's probably harder to find somebody you know and trust to look after your kid. At least back home we get a lot of referrals. Here we don't know a lot of people, so we don't get referrals.
One more week left and I have to go back to work. Charles is taking a week off so this buys us another week to look for a sitter or a daycare center. Two weeks is not a lot of time to find one and I am really stressing out!
I wish my parents didn't have to leave. I wish I didn't have to go back to work soon. I wish my sister lived next door. I wish... and I pray that the good heavens will send me a miracle!
12 comments:
oh cuz, i feel your pain! it's such a scary thing to think about -- that people we entrust our kids to will not treat them well. if only we lived near you, i would gladly watch over baby lucas.
i pray that you will find someone who will take care of him. someone who can just stay at your house, and who will take care of him as if she's her own. *hugs hugs hugs, cuz*
i mean, "as if he's her own."
JoPiE said...
oh cuz, i feel your pain! it's such a scary thing to think about -- that people we entrust our kids to will not treat them well. if only we lived near you, i would gladly watch over baby lucas.
i pray that you will find someone who will take care of him. someone who can just stay at your house, and who will take care of him as if she's her own. *hugs hugs hugs, cuz*
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Yeah, I really wish you live next door cuz! Pero ambot lang magpabilin ba ka ni Lucas kay lihukan na kaayo! He will drive you nuts! Hahaha!
I visited one daycare center today. It was nice--very neat and clean, but it wasn't homey enough and I just can't imagine Lucas staying there for the whole day :-(
oh, i hear you liz... hopefully you and charles can work it out [ning-agi sad mi ana liz, mao ng na-nurse dili oras si doy... hahaha... salamat na lang he like working as one].
it will be alright liz, think positive =)
by the way, the shoes are so cute... and very well organize [i wish ingon-ana sad amo-ang closet, LOL].
lovely photo --- love the DOF!
oh no, this is such a hard blow for you Liz..hope things will sort themselves out.i understand, looking for people to take care of babies can be like looking for a needle in a haystack..look for a highly recommended daycare,if must...lets pray for it..He will pave the way for whats best..*hugs*
Cindy said...
...oh, i hear you liz... hopefully you and charles can work it out [ning-agi sad mi ana liz, mao ng na-nurse dili oras si doy... hahaha... salamat na lang he like working as one].
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Cinds, I can only wish one of us is a nurse who can work the night shifts. I think lisud sad nang ing-ana kay during day offs nalang mi magkita, but at least one of us (and not some stranger) watches the baby at any given time. I'm not against daycare--I want my kid to be exposed to other kids, but at his age right now I prefer to have him home.
photosandmemos said...
...oh no, this is such a hard blow for you Liz..hope things will sort themselves out.i understand, looking for people to take care of babies can be like looking for a needle in a haystack..look for a highly recommended daycare,if must...lets pray for it..He will pave the way for whats best..*hugs*
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Chel, we're also trying to balance good/highly recommended against the price we have to pay. Sure, naay daghan nga maayo pero expensive sad. There are daycare centers that are institutions/operated by a chain of companies--I prefer those over daycare centers nga naa sa balay operated by licensed individuals. But the former is a lot more pricey. **SIGH**
i hope you find a good day care. you may have to test as many as you can because sometimes what works for you, might not work for lucas. sige lang, ingon ana gyud na. don't worry too much, pray lang pud that it will all fall into place once you are back to work. hasta pud ko na guol.
pero time sa. baby lucas is little imeldefic. =) nice collection!
PS: nakalimot gyud ko ug mention, that little Lucas has a shoe collection already to rival that of imelda's..start them young=)
konsuy said...
i hope you find a good day care. you may have to test as many as you can because sometimes what works for you, might not work for lucas. sige lang, ingon ana gyud na. don't worry too much, pray lang pud that it will all fall into place once you are back to work. hasta pud ko na guol.
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Chi, I hope we can find somebody who can watch looking at our own home until we find him a good daycare center. You're right, I think we have to test as many centers as possible but we need time to do this. Di gyud ko ganahan magdali-dali, especially with things like this. Karon kay murag na-ahat man gud mi ug pangita because of my folks' urgent departure :-(
konsuy said...
...pero time sa. baby lucas is little imeldefic. =) nice collection!
photosandmemos said...
PS: nakalimot gyud ko ug mention, that little Lucas has a shoe collection already to rival that of imelda's..start them young=)
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Chi and Chel: Hehe, naliwat sa mama nga naay shoe fetish!
Bitaw, most of the shoes are gifts. I think I only bought him a couple--the rest were given. It's just that baby shoes are so cute it's hard to ignore them :-)
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