Monday, July 07, 2008

just a few quick updates. no time.

Ok, I've been away for a seriously long time. Lots going on, very little spare time for blogging. I hope everyone is well.

Brief updates:

  • I quit my full time job. I'm going to attemp going it alone - doing consulting / project work on a vendor basis. Ideally for the same company. There are lots of moms who are former employees who are doing this kind of work here. I should be able to at least make my same salary, working less hours and more flexibility. Sounds like a win-win for me - only catch is that I need to find a project to work on. But I've got some leads. In the mean time I'm very busy wrapping things up at work, and getting my self set up as a business so that I can be an independant contractor. I'll try to write a longer post soon to tell you more detail about how all this went down. In short: stupid company. their loss.
  • We have officially hired the 'temp' nanny as our new full time nanny. She is working out great. We have her for 40 hours for now, but have told her that my work schedule should get lighter soon, so she will end up with at least one day a week that's a short day.
  • The babies are doing great. Callie is crawling and pulling herself up. Danny has finally decided to join the world of self feeding. Not very efficient at getting much food in the mouth, but they're both trying. This weekend we installed baby gates and lowered Callie's crib.

I have a few more questions from readers that I haven't answered yet. I'll try to do another Q&A post soon. In the mean time, feel free to keep asking me anything you want to know.

I'm trying to figure out how to share some of my documents with some of you who have asked. Let's see if this works...

This first one is the log sheet we use with the nanny. I created this using a few different examples I found. It's working pretty good. Let me know what you think.



Here is my uber list of baby gear. I've been keeping this updated and sharing with a few preggo friends, so I thought some of you might like it too.


and finally - this is our schedule and food. This one has three tabs - their 5 month schedule, their schedule at 8 months, and our food menu at 8 months. We're eating lots more finger food and less pureed things now, but I haven't yet created a 9.5 months version.

10 comments:

Stephanie said...

great information. thanks for sharing with us.

Jamie said...

Thanks for the charts! Very nice!

Anonymous said...

You are waay too organized ;-)

But I must know, at 9.5 months, why are you charting their diaper usage??

Carol said...

to answer the question by anonymous: I don't chart their diaper usage when they are with me, this is just for the nanny to fill out. Mostly we are interested in Danny's output - he has a tendency to get very constipated, so we like to see that he's had some regular pooping, otherwise we increase his prune juice. Also it was very useful when they were a little sick - it's important to make sure they are having enough wet diapers to ensure that they are not dehydrated. Third reason - when my husband and I get home from work it helps us to see how long it's been since they had their diaper changed, so we know if we need to get that done right away or not.

:-)

cat said...

Good luck with the new vernture!

kelly w said...

i'm so glad you are back! i was afraid you had switched blogs and i had missed it! i hated not having updates on your precious little ones. and i was worried about what happened with your job. so glad you were just too busy to post! keep the info coming! i am super impressed with your spreadsheets! that's right up my alley!

Anonymous said...

Carol, thanks so much for the spreadsheets, you are super-organized and I appreciate you sharing. Good luck with your new job venture! Michele

Sarah said...

ooh, yippee! thanks for sharing, i love spreadsheets!!

Bea said...

Definitely their loss. Especially considering how organised you are!

Bea

Jamie said...

I modified your "gear" list for what we've used. Would it be okay if I link to it off my blog?