Our Weekday Default
The other week, I mentioned that having a “default” routine helps me avoid burnout. We often have to make small tweaks to that routine - and sometimes, like next week when Jon will be out of town and I’ll have to stay in the office late at least a few nights, big ones - but it means we’re not starting from scratch with the logistics every time we plan our steps for the day ahead.
So let’s look at the morning and evening defaults through the week:
A Thank-You To Daycare
Tomorrow is Claire’s last day at daycare. We’ve been with this daycare for almost six years; Robbie started when he was nine months old, in September 2018, and he and Claire overlapped for a few months before he moved on to preK-3.
I’m not going to delve into the bowels of Reddit or conservative parenting blogs to find exact quotes from people who think that sending a child to daycare is tantamount to abuse, but one I remember seeing repeatedly over the years is “Well, I could never let someone else raise my child.”
Our Approach to Extra-Curriculars
… So there we have it: our approach to our kids’ extracurriculars. Look, who knows what we’ll do if Robbie or Claire shows a real aptitude for a sport and wants to pursue it intensely. But that’s not something we want to encourage at these ages, so we’ll not worry about it unless or until we get there.
So You’re Expecting Your First Child
If the women who post prolifically on the internet - Instagram and Reddit in particular - are representative of most pregnant women and mothers across the country, I have had a very unusual last seven years.
On Robbie’s Graduation from Kindergarten
I was surprised to find myself crying when I dropped Robbie off at school for his last day of kindergarten…