One Armed Bandits

Today is the first day of Project Free Babies.
For all of their naps today the babies have had one arm (their left) out of the swaddle blankets! So far things have gone well. Rea, of course, keeps yanking her paci out, but I go up once every half hour to reinsert. She either fusses (not cries) that whole time or she'll fuss for a few minutes and then suck her hand until she goes to sleep.


Jay is getting to be a master roller- both back to front and front to back- and this has caused some concern. He flip flops around so much that I'm nervous about his arms being swaddled. So far this generally only happens when he's throwing a sleep fight fit, and we check him a lot, but it's still a concern. The down side to being free is that the times he does free himself, I'll go up there and he's got arms and legs hanging through the slats. I don't think it hurts me, it just looks bad to the momma!

Also, once they are freed, I'll start letting them have loveys in the bed with them.



In other news, I applied for two jobs today.

Money is starting to get tight with prices all around us going up, up, up. But I'm not going to settle and it would need to be worth it for the kids to be in a development center. And I would have to find a place that I would feel comfy with being there.

That said, the two jobs I applied for are the same position at the same company, just different locations. And it would be the first time in a long time that I'd be using my degree and education.

*Side note* I've had a few new readers lately, and it's something I generally never mention, so long time readers may not know either, but I have a BS in Child & Family Studies with an emphasis in child development. Because I am super picky about 'day care' centers, I haven't chosen to work in the field since right after college.

The position is for Asst. Program Director for two different local 'chain' development centers.

I've heard good and bad about the centers, so I'm going in very leery. Also, both positions have been posted for almost two months so I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing.

The 'Pro's' would be the chance to start a career with something love and the chance for advancement. It would give the kids the chance to learn their social skills starting early. I would get a huge discount for them as well. Oh, yeah, and then there's the fact we'd have more money.

The 'Con's' are that it would be a traditional schedule working Mon-Fri on days, while John still works 'swing' (or second shift to some) and is off on Tues/Wed. We'd see little of each other.


I won't do it if I don't feel 100% about the center or if the money isn't right. And I won't do it if they want be to be asst. direction and lead teacher. No way. I'll basically be a single mother at that point and will not need the extra work load. And I won't do it unless the kids will be at the same center as I work.

I don't even know if they'll call me for an interview, so who knows. But it has to be worth it.


I've looked into some work at home deals; my biggest problem is having dedicated office times. The only time I could really do anything like that would be after the kids go down for the night. Right now that's late.


We'll just see I guess. I just don't want to struggle. I don't want to put ourselves in a situation where we can't do things with and for the kids because we are so freaking broke. I don't want to put our savings in jepardy. And the prices are just going up and who knows when it'll even out.


Anyway. I guess let's just see if I even get a call about it.



Gina