A 7:00 AM SMS text message from Daisy let us know that she wasn't feeling well and wasn't going to come in.
After a brief confirmatory phone call with her, we quickly arranged alternate plans with my sister Joy. SAM would go to school a couple of hours late and Joy's helper Linn would come over.
Thank goodness!
The thing is, I'm not sure if it was spending the whole day with a stranger or whether Margaret is simply feeling off (likely both - very very fussy these past couple of days), but despite a seemingly calm time with Linn, from when SAM came home at 4:00 to essentially when I got home at 7:00, Margaret was one unhappy baby.
According to SAM, if she wasn't strapped into the Bjorn, she was screaming her head off.
When I called to tell SAM I was on the way home, Margaret crying in the background all but drowned out SAM.
She ate little, was fussy at her bath and nursed fitfully so that SAM had to pump.
Poor Margaret.
Now she's asleep in bed, but with how little she ate, and how fussy she's been, we'll wake her to feed her, but we're not expecting a calm night tonight.
SAM is exhausted as well. It didn't help that once SAM realized she had three extra hours, she did all the work in the house that Daisy did in a day on top of all the Margaret feeding and entertaining (and grooming).
Poor SAM.
2 comments:
What a rough day! It's one thing if you or the baby feels sick, but where the daycare provider feels sick, you must feel completely out of control (not to mention the repercussions it had on Margaret!). I hope everyone is feeling better tomorrow.
I just hope that with the fussiness in the evening, little M- and you two- got a reasonable night's sleep! And, of course, that Daisy is feeling better and is back today. Sounds as though yesterday was no fun for anyone!! XXOO
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