Days without accident: 1
Nap Difficulty (1-10): 3
Meals Skipped: Lunch
Allergy Alert: High
Special Events: Tried a baby music class
I’m watching the kid for 2 weeks while my mother-in-law is out of town. First rule of temporary daddy daycare, turn on your OOTO for work so you don’t get pinged while wrestling with a kid on the changing table because he thinks it’s easier to change him on his stomach rather than his back…not that that happened.
I believe he knew it was my first day on the job so cut me a break on the napping. He had a decently long nap requiring only a short intervention between cycles. It may have also been because he was tired from our afternoon music class.
The notion of a music class is interesting because I don’t believe the teacher needs to be accredited in any particular way, but it did seem to be useful for him to socialize with other kids and get some different types of play and sensory engagement. The age group was 0-1, but it seemed like there were two 4 month olds and a few closer to 10 months. Preston seemed to do fairly well with the other kids, but was more interested in watching than joining in on the singing. It was interesting to note kids all like to poke each other in the face and go after unattended cell phones. My impression is it’s like a structured doggy daycare except you stay with your pup and the kids touch each other’s faces instead of smell each other’s butts, oh and there’s singing and stuff.
Time to myself today consisted of returning a library book, getting gas, and picking up a coffee after my wife got back from work today.
Day 1, check