On my mind
Jun. 20th, 2008 01:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pantrysluta) Picking a doula. I have two interviews scheduled now, one this weekend. If anybody has any advice at all in this area, from questions to ask to people to ask, pipe up now.
b) Day care (and other options). 'Cuz, see, having twins puts me squarely in the "earning $ just to pay for day care" danger zone.* b/c twins = double the outlay, in most cases. Which reminds me of a story...
When I was growing up, people would occasionally compliment my parents on their foresight in spacing their kids out so well -- six years apart in each case (except the last, which was eight years). "That way, no two will be in college at the same time!"
My parents would retort: "College, hell. We didn't want two in day care at the same time."
My parents, they were smart :) But as I have mentioned before, the universe loves its little jokes.
I realize, btw, that the words "day care", all by themselves, open up a huge can of worms. And that lots of people have strong opinions and judgments on the matter. You will also perhaps guess that I am one of them. So, ground rules: respect my choices here or go gripe somewhere out of my hearing. For the record, I am entirely pro day care in theory, and that's that. Practice varies widely :) And practicalness? Well, that's where I am right now. Trying to sort it out.
If I'm going to go back to work right away, full-time or part-time, I'm supposed to be lining up my day care now. Hoo boy.
* I am acutely aware that this 'danger zone' is also labeled 'privilege,' btw. More on this later.
b) Day care (and other options). 'Cuz, see, having twins puts me squarely in the "earning $ just to pay for day care" danger zone.* b/c twins = double the outlay, in most cases. Which reminds me of a story...
When I was growing up, people would occasionally compliment my parents on their foresight in spacing their kids out so well -- six years apart in each case (except the last, which was eight years). "That way, no two will be in college at the same time!"
My parents would retort: "College, hell. We didn't want two in day care at the same time."
My parents, they were smart :) But as I have mentioned before, the universe loves its little jokes.
I realize, btw, that the words "day care", all by themselves, open up a huge can of worms. And that lots of people have strong opinions and judgments on the matter. You will also perhaps guess that I am one of them. So, ground rules: respect my choices here or go gripe somewhere out of my hearing. For the record, I am entirely pro day care in theory, and that's that. Practice varies widely :) And practicalness? Well, that's where I am right now. Trying to sort it out.
If I'm going to go back to work right away, full-time or part-time, I'm supposed to be lining up my day care now. Hoo boy.
* I am acutely aware that this 'danger zone' is also labeled 'privilege,' btw. More on this later.
