Tuesday was Oliver's first day with his new sitter. She has a 2 1/2 year old daughter and currently watches a sweet little 9 month old little girl. After the first day, I already noticed changes in O. WE mentioned some things we were working on, like walking, and she told Graham, we'll get right on that and get hims walking in no time! Already by Wednesday he was taking steps and each day he is progressing and getting more confident setting out on his 2 feet. Oliver origianlly started taking steps the week before his birthday when Graham had a week off with him. The next week when he went back to the sitters, he started refusing to even stand while you helf his hands. We mentioned this to her and she didn't seem too interested, she was quite content on just holding him all day. She would say, I tried to get him to walk but he wouldn't. We thought it was odd and a little concerning.
Some wonderful things our new sitter does you would think ALL sitters would do, but to use they seem a luxury.
1. She tells me how many and what kind of diapers he had.
2. How much and what he ate for Lunch and a snack. (our previous girl often would tell me he wouldn't eat anything (all day?)
3. She tells me how long he slept. (the other girl did that too, but often it was not at all or 30 mins.)
4. She also keeps track of her hours (she is hourly, before it was by the day) and gives me a post it on Thursdays with her times.
5. She will be providing me with reciepts!
6. She will be giving me a card to fill out with his shots, physician information and such. what a novel idea!
7. She follows the state regulations and mentions it frequently. This makes me at ease since I don't know what the rules are and I know that she is responsible and following them.
All in all it has been a great week, O is loving it at his new daycare and seems to be gorwing a progressing at a faster rate.
Guess that teaches you that parent's first intincts are usually right!
Have a Fun Weekend.
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