From Dawn Till Dusk

The lost of a loving Yaya for Nico paved the way for Jun and I to think of plan of actions that will definitely be beneficial for our Little Angel. I cannot seem to really explain, and it might sound that we are overreacting on the turn out of events the past two weeks, but the very thing on having another Yaya to baby sit for Nico is not that appealing anymore. Though, we are still considering and looking and searching for a replacement, we are not that enthusiastic in following up referral from families, relatives and friends. As they say in tagalog, “para yatang nadala na kami” on investing again with someone that we can entrust our son while we are both at work. Besides that, (in our respective baby sitting days with Nico during the first week of no Yaya) we also realized that Nico was really getting bored being just at home all day with only a baby sitter, the television and toys around to amuse him.

So, what are the plan of actions being considered? We enumerated on several options and anticipated some of the possible outcomes:

1. For Jun and I to take turns (week for week) in baby sitting for Nico until a new Yaya comes along. This option is not quite possible as we both will end up sacrificing our jobs if the new Yaya will come in at a later date.

2. For me to request from my organization a work-at-home arrangement. Output-wise, that would be a possible option since I can just do the Early morning news service and write the news releases/stories at home then just send them to the Office via email. But what about my time card. Tiyak, gegerahin ako ng Personnel Section namin.

3. For me to take an indefinite leave until a new Yaya comes. Oh well, this is possible if not for monetary considerations. But the question is: will my Boss allow me at this time that one of our associates will be retiring and he is counting on only me to assume one of her responsibilities?

4. For me to resign. Hmmm, can be. But with our financial situation right now, I definitely anticipate Jun will be having a hard time raising a family all by himself.

5. For Jun and I to pursue the business we planned. Yes, that’s possible. In fact, we are, one at a time, processing the necessary papers for the new biz. But since everything is still underway, we have no choice but to maintain our jobs.

6. For me to bring Nico to work everyday, that is from Mondays thru Fridays. This is one option that I am definitely considering but I can only imagine the terrible exhaustion at work while at the same time attending to Nico’s needs. I wonder if this arrangement will for work out for us since basing on my experience, I cannot properly finish a task in a day when Nico is with me and in the same way Nico is backtracking on his potty training when in the Office, he can’t comfortably sleep in our Office sofa, and most importantly, I cannot make him properly eat his food as he is disturbed by things he sees around.

These options were last week’s. But guess what? This very Monday, I just bumped into a facility a few buildings away from my Office. It’s a kiddy facility that offers quite a good number of services befitting to a working Mom where I can conveniently drop my Nico in the morning and fetch in the afternoon. I went to inquire in the kiddy facility after I finished doing the Early news service this morning. There, I knew have the option to avail of their day care services wherein I can have Nico stay there from 8am to 5pm, for a fee of course, depending on the number of hours a kid has to stay. I can also opt to avail of the playgroup where my son will stay there for 9-11am then I can just fetch him at lunch and have him sleep in my Office in the afternoon. The fee, if summed up in a month, is more than what can be spent versus hiring a Nanny. But count to think of it, since Nico is already starting to give signs that he’s ready for pre-school (and I’ve mentioned about this in previous post) and that Nico is fairly independent, the idea of exposing him this early to this concept is not that bad at all. After all, we’re really planning to enroll him to pre-school come June 2007.

Right now, right at this very hour, I am so much excited about discussing this with Jun. I just hope my convincing powers would let him agree. Wish me luck Blog!