to be perfectly honest, I think part time is ideal. I felt I had the best of both worlds. the days I was home with them I was excited and happy to be there, and did not consider it drudgery. I have told her the same. She asked me last week, will he resent me for sending him to daycare? I said, do you resent me? she said, we didn’t go to daycare. no they didn’t but they were not with me every day either, first I had the shared nanny with our neighbors and then later my friend from law school who was home with her kids, took the three of them 3 days per week for me. He will be in daycare 2 days per week and his days will there will not be full days since I will be picking him up at 3 pm. I think this will be fine.
It sounds like a great plan. I start watching a little girl tomorrow. Her mother was my daughter’s best friend growing up, she was relieved to find me. Her mother works part time and takes her the other days of the week. I get her for only two. It is a great compromise. I am looking forward to it, although 6:15am sounds awfully early. Her mom and grandmother are both nurses, and her mom will finish her NP degree in May. She will make a great NP. I get to help her over the last year by watching Annabelle. It will be my pleasure, she is a delight.