Big News...

Eleanor will be starting here on Wednesday.

I met with another mom who uses Chela's DIL as their nanny and we were invited to share their nanny, but after thinking about the logistics I decided I/we did not want to share another nanny. It would be at their house and it would have felt like we were just their guests and the nanny would not really have been ours. For instance, if their son got sick, the nanny would still go to their house to take care of him, as opposed to her coming to mine and watching E. So, I'm not going to take my baby over to a house with a sick kid. And if E got sick, we're out of luck. We obviously would not bring her over there. So there was a large potential for us to miss a lot of work, even though E has never really officially been sick yet (a few low grade fevers that resolved on their own in less than 12 hours). The other problem was there's no crib for her over there. We could get a pack N play but their house is pretty small (a 2 bedroom 1 bath) so we'd have to set up and take it down each time and schlep it back and forth with us. The final blow was they go to the park every single morning for 2 hours. E takes a morning nap. And she does not want to be at a playground for 2 hours in 100 degree heat.

So, it just wasn't a good fit.

The little nursery school however, is a good fit. It's close. It's tiny. There's an excellent ratio. The place is beautiful and immaculate. They have a giant lunch room where all the kids eat together family style at this kid sized wooden dining table. The babies have little seats that hook up to the table. E will LOVE that. They have a dramatic play room, a yoga room, a Spanish classroom, an art room, on top of the individual rooms that are all set up with brand new everything. It's cute as a button. There's also a massive back yard where they are setting up an organic garden. They have a chef that will do a buffet style snack arrangement with all organic local seasonal food. I'm pretty much in love with the place. E starts next Wednesday.

If I end up not being happy with the place I will go back to finding a nanny but I think this is going to work. I hope. She will only be there 10-4 MWF so I think she'll be able to handle it. I'll take pictures.