BLUF: Carin’s mom is gone for roughly a month so I’m taking some WFH time to watch Finley until her mom is back.
Day 1
Really more of a half day since I dropped Carin’s mom off at the airport. But it was not the best start. Finley had an accident involving fingers in a doorway. He moves pretty quickly now when he is motivated. Luckily it was a light squishing and he was fine after a few minutes…also he did not learn anything as he still goes straight for the doorway whenever we open it.
Carin’s still be back most afternoons so we can tag team once P gets back from daycare which is great because depending on whether he had a nap in the afternoon things can get hairy. I feel slightly guilty because Finley doesn’t really get a “Days Without Accident” thing like P did. But I think that’s because he’s the second kid and I’ve become selective about what to worry about.
Day 2
A relatively peaceful night with both kids, but Finley woke up later than usual causing a bit of a mixup in his normal sleep schedule. That’s my nice way of saying that he had crappy naps today.
I’m actually trying to do work some of the time while I’m watching the kids and I wonder how that comes across when I’m in a meeting. I can’t tell if I’m self conscious and people are trying to focus and ignore the kids or if they just don’t notice that much. Our kids don’t get screen time yet so he’s not on the screen, but may be part of the background noise when I’m unmuted.
No accidents for Finley today except that he got into his brother’s book and decided to taste the paper lettuce in his brother’s flip book…oops. He’s really into tasting paper…or anything new really…they go right into his mouth. Luckily P didn’t try to open that book today…he can be anal sometimes.
Bonus task for the day was replacing our HVAC filter. Unfortunately the old filter was a 16×25 and the new one is a 16×24. Luckily removing is easier than adding and I think it’ll work ok.
Conclusion from previous Daddy Daycare
I realize I never posted a conclusion from the previous stint. The summary was basically 3 more days of poop in the underwear for P and a bottle strike that lasted for the same 3 days from the little guy. On the upside Finley slept really well at night. They both got out of their funk on Thursday right before Carin came home on Friday.