Originally Posted by Grinity
My hunch is that women only feel guilty when they actually think that something isn't ideal. So my advice isn't to encourage her to feel less guilty, but to just check, and ask her, in an ideal world, what does she think would be best for your son? In otherwords, if your wife has a greater sensitivity to things emotional, use her as a 'canary in a coal mine,'

Very good words. Soemthing for me to think about!!

Our search for a baby-sitter began when DW was 3 mos pregnant. ( Imagine that!)

DS seemed fine there, but it turned into a fever swamp and he got sick a lot and then we got sick a lot. DW also started getting the heebie-jeebies about the next room for jr soo.. (Not Ideal thing!)

We finally found an in-house babysitter ( I hate using nanny because it sounds elitist ) whom DW and DS loves.

Plan is to start an afternoon enrichment program at a local day care when jr is 12 mos old. DS definately resonates with older kids - smiling back and forth when he meets them at outings - and watching them intently whenever he sees them. Infants bore him to no end and he ignores them.








Last edited by Austin; 07/10/08 09:37 AM.