nap time

Posted by chel on August 14th, 2008 |Filed Under General |

It’s nap time here. So, the little ones are sleeping quietly on the couch and the other is watching a movie. Sis is at grandma’s as grandma needs a little extra Sis time before she starts school next Thursday. I can barely believe it’s that time already. She’ll love school. She’ll make friends easily and the work will be fun for her.

I started watching the kids down the street last Monday. On Tuesday, we realized they came down with the chicken pox. Sis hasn’t showed up with them. We’re praying she doesn’t get them so she can start school on the first day with the rest of her class. I had the parents keep the kids at home til the doctor said it wouldn’t be contagious anymore. We’ll see, I suppose.

I’ll tell ya what! I should have done this years ago when Sis was born. What a perfect job for me! I’m somewhat of a homebody, I don’t really care for most adults much… if I’m being honest… Anyway, it’s just perfect and I’m sure J will see that when I get my first check. He already knows how much I love it. I don’t think he understands how much work it is. But that’s okay…

I had my first DHS visit today. He came to see the kids since it’s protective daycare. He was a nice fellow. I was elbow deep in a poop explosion when the door bell rang. But it’s very rare that the house isn’t clean, I had no screaming kids, nothing boiling over on the stove, and only 3 cats in sight… so I’m sure I made a good first impression. As far as the cats go… most of the time unless I’m cooking up some chicken or they hear the food dishes… ya could barely tell we have 18 cats.

The baby is due in about 2 months and I’m starting to think about all of the things that need to be done before he arrives. I would like to paint, maybe switch rooms… put the kids in our room… set up the crib, ya know all of that stuff. I need to order diapers… that’s right… clothe diapers. I’ve gotten used to the nasty poop thing since Koa our little handicapped kitty uses cloth diapers. Baby poop isn’t half as bad as cat poop. We have a pretty good little set of clothes but I’m sure he’ll have more once he’s born.

The girl next door asked if I would watch her daughter. She’s a cute little thing, about a year old. But I think I need to see how things go with the 2 boys and a the baby and the 2 girls before and after school and days off school before I go promising to take care of anymore kids. I hate that when you see these at home daycare people trying to have more kids than they can handle. I’m a mom and I know that when my kids go to a daycare I want to know they are getting individual attention and love. Not just an assembly line of macaroni and cheese  and diaper changes.

Anyway, as much as I love doing this… I still love quiet time. And it’s worked out so well today. So, I’m gonna take these last couple of minutes to do… well… nothing.


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  1. rubyjean on August 15, 2008 7:48 am

    Chel I do think you’ve found your niche!
    Good job! Congratulations and I wish for you all good things.
    Cloth diapers aren’t so hard. I used them for my 3 girls. In South Africa back in the 80’s, cloth diapers and disposable products were ULTRA expensive, so almost everyone uses cloth. I would always start with 30. Newborn diapers are thinner and smaller, and when they get to about 3 or 4 months, then you go on to the terry-towelling kind, so 15 of each. I would rinse them out immediately after changing under the fast running bath tap (obviously if there was anything in the diaper, that gets thrown in the toilet). I also always used to dangle my babies’ bums over the sink and wash them right then and there. I never used baby wipes. You can get disposable diaper liners by the way. They’re about the same size & weight as a drier fabric softening sheet. I kept a COVERED bucket (don’t want a 1 year old to drown) in the bathroom that had water and an oxygenated cleaner, and at the end of a day, the last thing I’d do was throw out that water and wash the diapers in their own separate load in the washing machine. If you’d rinsed the diaper under the bath tap before throwing in the bucket, it doesn’t get all smelly. I also would use a bit of bleach in the final wash. My girls’ diapers were always spotlessly white and clean and they never once had a diaper rash. :) Sounds like Sis will be having a great time, too.

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