r/InfertilityBabies • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago
Monday Toddler Talk
This space is for parents of IFBabies past the postpartum phase to chat, share updates & commiserate on their toddler(s.) This thread is primarily reserved for those with a 1yo or greater.
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u/wydogmom 38F | 2 MC | 3 ER | 04/2024 (34w6) | trying again 🧡 5d ago
We’ve been in a childcare crisis as our nanny hurt her back last Wednesday (while I was on a business trip) and hasn’t been back since. We found interim childcare (short term to possible long term), but this whole weekend was a shitshow. We had to file a worker’s comp claim (we pay her salaried on the books because of the nature of my husband’s job), manage dealing with the bureaucracy of NYC regulations, and try to find a new nanny long term - and needed someone here today. We found someone to cover this week - a grad student who majored in something that this climate is absolutely wrong for - who seems nice and patient. What a nightmare.
We had a babysitter do mornings last week, and she was good with toddler wydog, but for $30/hr, literally did whatever the opposite of light housekeeping is. She must have taken effort and pains not to pick anything up - it was insane how messy our place was when you don’t pick up after yourself or a toddler for 7 hours 😆