Ideas

I believe the other day I mentioned the ideas I have.
The first one is that I would like to start a local babysitting exchange group.
This group would be open to mothers who work or go to school part time and want to save money on childcare and babysitting by exchanging babysitting duties with other moms. Right now my friend Britney does most of my babysitting. Since she barely ever watches my kids I pay her, but I pay her much less than I would pay a normal babysitter. For example, today she watched Triston and Marino for 7 hours which would cost me $35-40. I'll probably pay her $15-20 for it. I figure this group would be open to join and there would be mingles so all the ladies who are interested can meet each other over a meet & play session with the kids and that way people can make connections and exchange information with the moms that live closest to them or have schedules that will compliment each other, or people they just make a connection with. Great way to not only make friends but save money. Plus I would also make rules like if the person who watches your kid babysits more than you do you should work out some sort of repayment option to them whether it's monetary or whatever.

2. I want to come up with a business plan to open up a children's playroom in local hospitals. This room would give hospitalized parents a place to take their young children when they come to visit so that the children could ENJOY the time visiting their parents in the hospital. Not only would this be great for moms who were in antepartum like myself, but hospice patients this would be especially nice for. The last hours you spend with your children you want to be memorable and happy for both of you. The children's room would have age appropriate toys, a craft area, a snack area, a place for the patients to be stationed, a movie area. The room would have a nurse who could monitor patients and communicate between departments. There would also be a certified child care provider on staff who would be able give children first aid and coral children when they become too much for the parents to handle. Also other family would have to remain in the room to be in charge of the children for obvious reasons.
Anyway I wanted to put my ideas on BLOG rather than my complaints for once!

At school

I'm at school, second week of the semester. This semester is part time, in the fall I'll resume full time classes and let's pray that I will be able to manage. I am managing as of right now, but I have not encountered a lot of work yet. The only thing irritating me is that I feel like the lectures arent going where they need to go because these "students" ask questions after every piece of information is given.

Last time I posted I was having trouble with Triston. His tantrums, and the fact that I was getting angry with him more than should have been. I truly love Triston, he is just the type of child who is going to require a lot of attention. It's funny because I can see how different he and Marino will be from each other. Triston was a demanding baby who always had to be played with. Marino is just content with whatever, unless he's hungry or tired he'll just watch you or play with his toys. He's starting to get where he doesn't want to be left alone, but he's so much more easy-going than Triston.

I'm handling Triston better. He's not throwing as many tantrums and when he does I'm responding to them in a more positive and constructive way. He does not seem to be as jealous of Marino anymore. I feel as though the stem of the problem is my stress. Sometimes it seems as though I will never have enough time to do everything I both need and want to accomplish. It's like I need to clean, do homework, feeding babies, feed myself, bathe kids, bathe myself, take a nap, go to the gym, get my hair done, go shopping, pay bills, go to class, go to work... Something always ends up getting left out and normally it's things pertaining to myself. I only get to shower when Ted's around... I want to get my hair done next week and I don't know when I'll be able to do it... My mental health gets negatively affected because I feel like my needs are getting neglected while everyone else is getting taken care of.

Hopefully, some of that will change. I have a very busy week ahead of me but I'm hoping I can make Thursday a mental health day. I know that I don't work and that in the afternoon I can ship the children off to their grandparents. In the morning I'm gonna make Ted get up with them so I can sleep in. Then I'm gonna go get my hair cut. I'll come home and deliver the boys to their designated locations. From there I'm hoping ted and I can go grab a bite to eat, spend a romantic moment or two together, and then I plan to get rid of him too so I can take a nice bath, watch my shows and have the evening to myself, along with my bed.

Marino is doing quite well. He smiles constantly. He is going for a CT scan wednesday. Our follow up appointment with the craniofacial plastic surgeon went well. He seemed to think none of his sutures were prematurely fused and that he would be a good candidate for a helmet. However we sent us to another dr for a second opinion and this doctor stated that having more prominence in one side of his forehead is normally only caused by a premature closure and said having a CT scan would be best. Looking at Marino from the front he doesn't have any cosmetic defects, but if you look at him from the top of his head you do notice that one side of the forehead sticks out more than the other, and that the one side of his face is flatter than the other.

Finally the day has come where I left Arby's and I now have a new job. It came at the perfect time. Arby's was becoming a soap opera of gossip and I was getting sucked into being part of the rumor mill, which I didn't want to be a part of. I've been at the new job a week and I'm fitting in well, and I'm happy and I'm determined not to share too much personal information about myself and not speak negatively about others. I want to develop a professional and good reputation even though this is a place I only plan to stay with for about 2 years.

I've been maintaining my weight well, but my eating habits have been quite shabby. I'm wearing my body magic currently and after7 hours it's becoming quite uncomfortable. Ugh

Anyway I always set goals for this blog. Now that I actually have an hour in between classes every week I'm going to try to post once a week. I have many social work ideas I want to share and maybe I will develop this blog into a connection place to get these ideas underway.