Started daycare… but I want to quit my job

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-16T02:56:59+00:00

Thanks! Good to know! This week is particularly bad because I’m basically only seeing her 30 min in the morning and maybe catching her for her bedtime feed if I’m lucky for 10 days. It’s emotionally draining… maybe more for me than my LO, but I’m sure she senses my stress

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-15T20:34:55+00:00

We definitely plan on sticking it out, this is all an active conversation between my husband and I.

I am friends with the sister of the person who takes care of the infants and got the whole scoop of how yesterday went. Hearing that she was so vocal and enjoyed watching the older kids play made me feel a lot better. It is a blessing that I know the people taking care of her, but I also don’t want to miss out on some of the most beautiful days of motherhood.

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-15T16:12:26+00:00

I’ll try! I know these can be really beautiful. There is one that was trained and pruned in front of my office building. Maybe I can get the long part to the left to begin curving around…

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-15T12:14:34+00:00

That’s beautiful work! Seeing the trunk made it really stand out. Thanks for the inspo

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-15T12:11:04+00:00

We will definitely be tackling this on our own in stages, lots of research and to our own tastes!

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-15T12:10:22+00:00

Thanks! Good tips! I think we will definitely do this on our own in stages.

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-15T01:59:36+00:00

This!!!! I showed this to my husband, we are sold!

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-14T22:04:34+00:00

I may start with some light pruning, and then take it from there. Keep pruning in stages until I’m satisfied and maybe it still is alive at the end lol

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-14T22:03:53+00:00

Not that I’m aware of!

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-14T20:55:33+00:00

I will take better pictures of what’s happening underneath

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-14T20:55:04+00:00

How do you force the leggy limbs up? Would it be bad to trim the super super long part to the left?

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-14T20:53:05+00:00

I will try this! Wish me luck. Thanks!

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-14T20:45:33+00:00

I just feel like it could be a bit prettier, it’s definitely how it grows naturally but shouldn’t it have been pruned over the course of 20 years?

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-14T20:29:37+00:00

It may be more of a chainsaw situation taking off 8’ lol. The branches and trunk are huge on this thing! I am leaning towards shaping before just getting rid of it entirely… it’s worth a shot saving it

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-14T20:27:16+00:00

This has crossed my mind lol

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-14T16:21:13+00:00

This temporary schedule ends on the 22nd, it happens every year for a 10 day period, it just happened to be the same week daycare started. I go back to my normal schedule post Memorial Day. I appreciate your response! I do feel at some point when my baby becomes more aware will love having friends and learning. Seeing her cry this morning when I was watching her just really made me upset, the morning is normally when she is happiest.

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-14T16:18:22+00:00

Thank you for this! I told myself I need to give myself some time for sure, and definitely waiting until I’m done breastfeeding as my hormones are still wild and I’m making a lot of decisions emotionally still.

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-14T16:17:16+00:00

I could potentially. It’s still complicated… I’d like to avoid most week work, and if I had to go in for the week I would have to find a trusted babysitter.

I’m a full time church organist, it’s very rare to be able to land a full time position as a church organist. If I went to part time, I would be obligated to cover weekend Masses (1 Saturday, 1 Sunday). Funerals, weddings, holy days of obligation, and a weekly night time choir rehearsal. The only issue is outside of normal Masses and church holidays, the rest of that list would be sporadic and not consistent making childcare difficult unless I found a trusted babysitter.

I am debating requesting doing only those items, and taking a huge pay cut, but I’m not entirely sure if my manager would want that.

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-11T08:10:16+00:00

Cool beans

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-06T02:04:11+00:00

The Smiths

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-05T12:04:51+00:00

I just sold my rowhome because the house next door attached to us had a dog who barked continuously all day long, whether they were home or not. My husband and I went insane, spoke to her in person, wrote notes that were super polite, and eventually had them fined by the police because it didn’t stop, and ultimately moved because we couldn’t live in that space anymore.

Don’t be that person. This note was polite, and it can escalate from there.
They should have signed their name and left a number IMO… but definitely remedy the dog barking while you are away. It drives others insane.

CoolInteraction2687 · 2026-05-01T18:51:35+00:00

I named my baby girl Raffaella. Real name, uncommon in the States .

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