The anxiety of a childcare fail? I’ve been there. nothing throws a wrench into the delicate balance of parenting as well as working like a ill kid (or a ill nanny!). Suddenly, the routine childcare / transportation balance is all out of whack, as well as I discover myself playing poultry with my other half over who sacrificed a lot more lately.
(If you’re keeping score, he’s method ahead since I just recently went to Disneyland for 5 days as well as am currently on the airplane for Mom2.0.)
3 “plan b” choices for a childcare fail:
Obviously, these options do not work for all occupations or families, however I wished to put the concepts available in situation you can benefit.
Mama does it. a lot of of the time, I have the versatility in my workday to pick up the slack. Usually, I can rearrange my routine to cram must-do tasks within the confines of naptime or (with an older child) TV viewing. This can work for a day or two before as well much work as well as home stuff piles up as well as I beg for the next option on our sick-day menu…
Split the day. If I have a morning satisfying as well as Alec can work from home, we often can trade off parts of the day. With this example, he would be on task all morning, we would both bask in naptime productivity, as well as I would kick back into mom mode for the afternoon shift.
Take the infant to work. My good friend Alissa wins the prize for creatively taking care of institution as well as daycare closures. She brings the needed gear to her office as well as lets the kids play or work quietly there. We’ve seen this work with infants in pack-n-plays, preschoolers with handheld devices, as well as huge youngsters reading books. expect your efficiency to take a huge hit (50%?). as well as it most likely does not work in any way for the out-of-control toddler.
One time, when none of these choices was available, Whitney’s nanny showed up as well as took Sawyer on a one-hour stroller walk to ensure that I might be on a television appearance. I didn’t offer that as a genuine solution, since c’mon, that’s ridiculous.
So, do you all have practical grandmas waiting in the wings when your routine childcare falls through? Or what?
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