DayCare

Since I got a new job we had to look for childcare for the babe. Right now we have a wonderful sitter two days a week, but there is no way we can afford her 5 days a week....so the hunt began. I posted to our local parenting board and two lovely ladies told me about an in home place about 7 blocks from where we live. We went to check it out yesterday. Beautiful home and nice enough woman running it. She asked about the babe's schedule, his pooping, his eating. When we told her that he poops every other day or so, sometimes every three days she told us 'oh this is very bad, a child should be pooping every day, you need to figure out why he isnt pooping, maybe its his diet. What do you feed him?' I told her we feed him what we eat, whole grains, yogurt, veggies, meat. I don't think she believed me, and said something like 'well it sounds very starchy if he isnt pooping he needs prune juice'
We tried prune juice and it didnt do anything. She was crazy about the poop. We left feeling like our parenting was being questioned and that our child was a freak because he doesn't poop everyday. She also kept saying he was a big boy...now my hubby is over 6 feet tall and a big guy so it isn't hard to imagine that my son would be big. It made me feel like all the other kids in the daycare are going to be wimpy little things with poor muscle tone!
But overall we left feeling like "she is annoying but cheap and we don't have to interact with her" so we are set for daycare in the fall. I am glad we found a place near home that seems like a good fit. I am hoping that the other moms aren't crazy so maybe we can have some parent friends. I am hoping that the woman who runs the place doesn't bombard us with poop talk everyday. I am hoping this is a good fit.

Conclusion

I took the job. The clincher really was the fact that the commute to the other school, the one with the giant wall drum, is long and I'd have to get the babe up and to some sort of childcare at the butt crack of dawn; an hour of which I am not a fan.

And the babe is WALKING!! video to come

Pros and Cons

Yippee! I interviewed at a school and they had me come in yesterday to demo a lesson. Today (literally 10 minutes ago) the director of the school offered me a job. YAY for me!

BUT...
Another school interviewed me over the phone this morning, and offered me a demo lesson for 2 weeks from now. The positions are the same hours (one is 9-12 the other is 12-3) and I believe the pay is the same. The first school (the offered job) is very well known and takes about 1/2 hour to get to. The director mentioned that she likes to hire from within for head teacher positions, and that they were adding more classes next year. So there will be opportunity for growth.
The other school is pretty new to the scene, has a great teaching philosophy (and a giant wall drum) and is insanely creative. The commute would be a little longer and I'm not sure about later opportunities.

Sooo...
Do I jump on the offered job? Do I ask for an earlier demo at the other school and see what happens? Do I decline nicely to the demo school (after just sending them an email telling them that the demo day was fine) but ask that they keep me in mind for the future?
HELP!

to job or not to job...

I am currently interviewing at a number of places for an ass't teaching position...the first place I interviewed I loved on paper- they serve a disadvantaged population and believe in hands on education; and yet when I interviewed the vibe was very traditional testing based education. They asked me back for a second interview- the trial lesson portion. I just feel eh about the school now. I have other interviews set up for two other places, both of which I like; and I am holding out for my top choice to call me back...
So do I take the job if I am offered it at the school I only feel eh about? If I do will the frustration at the situation take away the joy? Will it be worth it to find fulltime childcare for the Babe if I hate the place I have to leave him for every morning? Do I just get cracking on number 2 and hold off working until I have school aged kids? Someone help me out please.....