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[rivka]

I just checked in with our nanny. The kids are still alive.

Colin initially refused to take a bottle but then gave in and is now on his second bottle in two hours. I hope I left enough milk. (At the nanny's suggestion, I left four three-ounce bottles instead of the three four-ounce bottles I had initially planned.) I hope she doesn't have to thaw my entire feeble freezer stash. I hope I can pump lots and lots today.

Alex is on her third change of clothes because they went for a walk and she got soaked and muddy. She is apparently doing great except that she is completely incapable of doing anything for herself (putting on shoes, etc.) while Colin is crying or having a bottle. This is not news to us, but I hoped it would be better for a stranger.

I could hear him gurgling happily over the phone. At the end of our conversation she reported that he was "blissfully asleep in the sling."

It's going to be okay, right? Because I'm feeling a ltitle tearful here.

Comments

[kcobweb.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Colin sounds like he's doing great; Alex will soon get over all her stuff.... :)

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it is going GREAT. He's eating, she's clothed!

When mine were really small we left 2-ounce bottles, because I can't bear wastage, and we had a lot of bottles.

[sashajwolf.livejournal.com]

It sounds like it's going really well!

[lcohen]

hey, alex survived to get to be this age where you want to sell her on ebay ;-) . it's going to be fine.

*hugs*

[papersky.livejournal.com]

*hug*

They'll be fine.

[kate_nepveu]

It's going to be okay. Absolutely.

[eeyorerin]

It's going to be okay. I hope the day flies by and soon you are back at home with your family.

[ailbhe]

You have a good history of choosing people who love your kids to care for them. It's ok, and it will continue to be ok.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

It'll be fine.

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

They'll be fine. *You'll* be fine.

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

It's going to be okay. :-)

[geekymary.livejournal.com]

You're a great mom! You're providing excellent care for your children and they're very happy and they love you very much!

[laurarey.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you have a great caregiver for Alex and Colin. I hope I do half as well as you have caring for the new baby and finding great help.

[going-not-gone.livejournal.com]

It's not going to be okay, because it already is okay. They're doing fine, and so are you.

I think you're mostly tearful because this is the first time you've been separated from Colin (and maybe Alex, I don't know) for this long. Separation anxiety--it's not just for children any more!

[ricevermicelli.livejournal.com]

I'm with this one. It sounds like the kids are doing great.

The important thing, in leaving your children with any caregiver, is to pick one who is so good that the anxiety you are doomed to feel will not be actually traceable to the care the children are receiving.

[roozle.livejournal.com]

as usual, your brilliant gang of supporters beat me to the punch. *thinks of you*

[ororo.livejournal.com]

I can't say it any better than the above and above and above.

[acceberskoorb.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[txobserver.livejournal.com]

It will be fine! When I went back to work while still nursing my second, she made up for the milk deficit at night! I couldn't pump. And I had quite a responsible job which I did very well thank you, sleep deprivation and all.

I don't necessarily recommend this (I tell her that is why I don't remember any baby stories about her, only her older sister...I was sleep deprived till she turned three!) but actually it is what moms in the Caribbean do who go out to work during the day.