Mondays and Fridays - No matter if Dustin opens at work or closes, I drop Logan off at my sister’s house. She and my nephews watch him during the day. Then I pick him up after I get off of work.
Every other Tuesday and Thursday- Dustin and my Mother-in-Law switch back and forth on watching Logan. So one week one will watch him on Tuesday the other on Thursday and then switch the next week.
Wednesdays - Every other Wednesday I drop Logan off at Dustin's cousin's house in the morning and then my Mother-in-Law picks him up and takes care of him until either Dustin or I pick him up after work. On the other Wednesday Dustin watches him in the morning and then drops him off with his mom and then I pick him up after work.
WOO, that was a lot! Guess what, that was just the pick up and drop offs and the 'usual' ones at that. It changes if Dustin's work schedule changes. What changes his schedule is if his assistant managers take vacations. They deserve the vacations; they work hard...since the actual employees don't do what they are supposed to do completely, one of the things that the hubby is trying to change. Also it changes as Dustin's Grandma has Doctor Appointments (Logan's Great Grandma E). Like today, Logan should be, according to the above schedule, with his Grandma this afternoon. Instead he is with my sister and nephews since The Great has a neurology appointment and then Logan has his 4 month appointment today too.
On that note, Logan doesn't just stay in one place all day either like at a normal 'day care'. Instead he goes, or will go, to doctor and therapy appointments for either Great Grandma or his cousins. He also goes from Grandma's house to Great Grandma's house so Deb can take care of her mom while also caring for Logan. And there he has two dogs, lately another baby, and nurses and visitors coming and going...oh and Uncle Mike (Hank) crawling around teaching Logan how to do it. He gets so tired by the end of the day he just doesn't know what to do with himself.
Hopefully this will teach my little boy how to be versatile and 'just go with the flow' as the say goes.
Why do we allow Logan to have such a crazy schedule? Well, because I have to work! Why does that play a factor in it? I priced out what day care would be around us, it wasn't pretty. To go to a center, like a KinderCare or New Horizon, would have been about $400 a week. A WEEK! To go to a home 'day care' it would have been about $175 a week (much better) but also a $65 late charge if I even picked Logan up 15 minutes late...which I would have been about 15 to 30 minutes late when I picked him up 3 days a week. That would have amount to $370 a week. A WEEK! So in the long run, not much better then the center. I make about $555 a week, before taxes and insurance is taken out. Once everything was all said and done my pay check wouldn't have even paid for Logan to go to day care. If I could change my work schedule around it would have been more worth it, that way we wouldn't have the late charge several times a week, but I know that it would just 'start something' at work.
The upside to this? Logan gets to know his family just that much better. He has more versatility in his life and hopefully will better him for the future. It might be hard for me...forgetting where to drop him off, if I'm picking him up or if Dustin has or is already at home with him...but at least I know that my wonderful and happy boy is being cared for by people that he loves.
So I would just like to publicly thank everyone of our family members...and even friends....that take care of Logan either regularly or as back up as well (Marsha and Jessica, and all future people as well). I really don't know what we would do without you. You are all life savers and what makes our family go round on a daily basis. Thank you for loving us and for loving our son so much as to take care of him, and by extension us.
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