The transition time was particularly stressful because the week before Charlotte was scheduled to start daycare and while Chad's parents, sister and niece were in town visiting, Charlotte managed to come down with RSV. We were in the doctor almost every day that week. He told us that if she had been one month younger, she would have been in the hospital, but we managed to get by on daily visits to the doctor. At first we had to give her breathing treatments every four hours, then the doctor added a steroid, then she developed an ear infection as well, so he added amoxicillin and tylenol to the routine. Charlotte couldn't nurse because of the pain, so we had to feed her milk out of a syringe until she could suck enough to take a fast flow bottle and then after a couple of days I was able to resume nursing. She has been getting better since and yesterday she had her follow-up at the doctor and he gave her a clean bill of health. Charlotte was scheduled for her 4 month well baby visit the Friday afternoon of RSV week (two weeks ago).
4 month stats:
26.5" long - above 95%
13 lbs 14 oz - between 50-75%
Long and lean. She is going through a growth spurt again because for the last three nights she has gotten up four times during the night to eat.
Our daycare arrangement is working great. "Miss Liz" is wonderful and Charlotte adores her. She is so nurturing and caring. Liz is a Christian home school mom of an eleven year old and a nine year old and watches Charlotte full time and one other baby 1-2 days a week, so she gets lots of attention is held most of the time. If Liz isn't holding her, her eleven year old daughter Rebekah is. Rebekah also loves singing to Charlotte while she dances/bounces along. I couldn't ask for a better arrangement. However, Liz is moving. There is a good chance that she is moving within a mile of our house, which would be awesome, but there is a chance that they will move to Maricopa. In that case, I would need to start looking for someone else. Even if I am working part time, we will still need daycare, so I am hoping that they will stay in Chandler.
I have finished all of my hours for both my counseling license and my art therapy registration, so I am just waiting for all my supervisors to fill out/notarize their forms before I send in my applications, along with the $625 in application fees :(. Hopefully, there won't be any issues, and I'll have everything in hand by mid-April. I am interviewing for a part time position on Thursday, but I am still undecided as to whether it is a good fit because it is grant funded and may well end June 30 if the grant is not renewed. Also, in many ways it would be better to stay put until I have everything in hand in case they send anything back for more information or clarification.
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Thanks for the update! RSV is scary - Justice had it when she was about 1.5 years old. It was a struggle all winter until the Spring came. We were so paranoid this winter, but she's doing great so far.
You guys will eventually fall into a routine with work and the baby. I wish I could remember enough to tell you how that all works out, but just know that it can be done. :) I've been working full time since Justice was 8 weeks.
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