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It would be just my luck to have my child decide that an "opapus" is her lovey, right? Yesterday we couldn't go to yoga without Opapus. I ordered two more when I thought I lost him yesterday...he'd gotten tucked into the diaper bag into a pocket I rarely use. I tried to teach her the word tentacle this afternoon. We'll see if she remembers it when she gets up. (She's also used the word horse and zipper in the last few days.) He'll go with her on Monday to Kids Day Out I think...just in case she's unhappy.
Kids Day Out-that's a program at the JCC (Jewish Community Center) for kids six months to three years old. It's a drop off short term day care kind of thing. They do art, stories, playground time, snack, etc. Naomi will go for three hours on Monday morning while I'm at the physical therapist with Miriam. And it's breaking my heart to leave her, but it will really be to everyone's benefit to have someone watching Naomi while Miri does PT. There's no prohibition on bringing her with me, and if she doesn't do well at KDO, we'll have to do that. But she's two, and enjoys being around other kids and hopefully she'll do well. It's three hours, and Cayne is around the corner if she's miserable. He'll drop her off in the morning before he goes to the office and I'll pick her up at noon. And she'll probably do fine, but I'm still struggling with this. I feel for Mamas who go back to work with six week old babies...I couldn't imagine leaving my girls when they were so young. But I worry. I worry that she'll be unhappy or that the caregivers won't realize how awesome she is or that the kids will be mean to her or they won't understand what she wants. And I worry that she'll cry. She won't get tickles and zerberts when she gets her diaper changed. No one will teach her words like tentacles as she bounces Opapus on her belly while she gets her diaper changed, or have conversations with her when she babbles conversation-style and expects a response. And I can't even tell you why this is so much harder than leaving her with a regular babysitter-it just is. (It's also a little cheaper than leaving her with a sitter. And it is good for her to be around other kids-she likes it. See there are positives, but I have a hard time leaving my kids. It's not like they could tell me if something was wrong or making them unhappy. And really, will someone else know what to say to Naomi when she says "tak you. Haw wekom?")
Miriam and the PT-we had her evaluation Monday morning. They diagnosed congenital muscular torticollis, which we pretty well knew already. There's a 25-50% limit on her motion depending on which motion they're measuring. We've got some stretches to do with her that involve turning her head-she doesn't like it but we only have to do nine a day so we do them a few in the morning a few in the evening and a few mid-day and get through them. Hopefully it will correct itself easily in a few months with the stretching exercises, but if not there are other treatments. I need to remember to ask the therapist about massage for Miriam, and if that should be a part of the treatment. The therapist seemed to be positive that the stretching would help, especially in light of the lack of gross motor delay she typically sees in the congenital torticollis kids. (Miri has mastered pretty much all the six month gross motor skills even if she doesn't like to roll from back to belly, which can probably be chalked up to her head.)
I'm going to enjoy the last few minutes of quiet before the naptime hordes wake up, maybe make a bowl of popcorn to share with Naomi when she wakes up. And cry a little bit about leaving her. If/when she goes to school I'm going to be a mess.
Kids Day Out-that's a program at the JCC (Jewish Community Center) for kids six months to three years old. It's a drop off short term day care kind of thing. They do art, stories, playground time, snack, etc. Naomi will go for three hours on Monday morning while I'm at the physical therapist with Miriam. And it's breaking my heart to leave her, but it will really be to everyone's benefit to have someone watching Naomi while Miri does PT. There's no prohibition on bringing her with me, and if she doesn't do well at KDO, we'll have to do that. But she's two, and enjoys being around other kids and hopefully she'll do well. It's three hours, and Cayne is around the corner if she's miserable. He'll drop her off in the morning before he goes to the office and I'll pick her up at noon. And she'll probably do fine, but I'm still struggling with this. I feel for Mamas who go back to work with six week old babies...I couldn't imagine leaving my girls when they were so young. But I worry. I worry that she'll be unhappy or that the caregivers won't realize how awesome she is or that the kids will be mean to her or they won't understand what she wants. And I worry that she'll cry. She won't get tickles and zerberts when she gets her diaper changed. No one will teach her words like tentacles as she bounces Opapus on her belly while she gets her diaper changed, or have conversations with her when she babbles conversation-style and expects a response. And I can't even tell you why this is so much harder than leaving her with a regular babysitter-it just is. (It's also a little cheaper than leaving her with a sitter. And it is good for her to be around other kids-she likes it. See there are positives, but I have a hard time leaving my kids. It's not like they could tell me if something was wrong or making them unhappy. And really, will someone else know what to say to Naomi when she says "tak you. Haw wekom?")
Miriam and the PT-we had her evaluation Monday morning. They diagnosed congenital muscular torticollis, which we pretty well knew already. There's a 25-50% limit on her motion depending on which motion they're measuring. We've got some stretches to do with her that involve turning her head-she doesn't like it but we only have to do nine a day so we do them a few in the morning a few in the evening and a few mid-day and get through them. Hopefully it will correct itself easily in a few months with the stretching exercises, but if not there are other treatments. I need to remember to ask the therapist about massage for Miriam, and if that should be a part of the treatment. The therapist seemed to be positive that the stretching would help, especially in light of the lack of gross motor delay she typically sees in the congenital torticollis kids. (Miri has mastered pretty much all the six month gross motor skills even if she doesn't like to roll from back to belly, which can probably be chalked up to her head.)
I'm going to enjoy the last few minutes of quiet before the naptime hordes wake up, maybe make a bowl of popcorn to share with Naomi when she wakes up. And cry a little bit about leaving her. If/when she goes to school I'm going to be a mess.
