Twinkle Twinkle Little Sage: Hoping this week is better than the last .....

Well....
What we thought was going to be a good week, turned out quite the opposite.
Sage's sitter quit on Friday, after only having her for a total of 3 half days (not even a full day all week) I had mixed feelings from the start (mothers intuition) but Jason reassured me it was just me being over protective and that it would be fine. After ever meeting with this individual (total of 4 times) she always forgot to tell us something. The first time, she forgot to mention she had a roommate along with her husband and daugther in the house, so we went back to meet the roommate. Then she called after that meeting to see if she could drive with Sage....I wasn't too thrilled with that question, but she said it was only for emergencies only.

This person had been a nanny for over 7 years and for a family with a 3 year old and twins at the time, then multiple families with other children. We checked all the references and all was great.

I put aside my doubts, thinking it was first time mom going back to work jitters and we went for it.
The first day went great, she texted and sent me pictures.
Tuesday - Sage had a Dr. appt and had shots, so Jason kept her the rest of the day. That day in the Dr. office the caregiver called to tell us she was sick and to find other care on Wednesday.
Wednesday - Jason had her all day and came to see me at lunch :)
Thursday - Caregiver had her from 6:30 - 3 - I got texts about how great she was doing with the transition and all about her day and a picture.
Friday - Caregiver had her from 6:30-2 - I got texts that she was great up till 10 and then she was gassy and was fussy from 10-12 but was fine because her little girl was sleeping. (No picture)
Jason picks her up and the caregiver just blurts out I can't watch Sage anymore....not telling me anything, no meeting us together later that day or the next. Just I can't watch her, she is taking too much time from me and my little girl. - While I understand her reason, maybe she should have tried watching a friends child a few days instead of having a family be her trial run. - Or if she was really sick, maybe she should have given it another week to see if she felt better? - I have ran it all through my head, but everything happens for a reason and I am sure for a better one. All I know is if 3 half days was too much, I would have hated Sage to have been there a full day.

I was mad at first and wanted to be mad at her, but simply texted her I heard things didn't work and I wished them the best. She offered to watch Sage till we had time to find a new place, but now I couldn't trust her with my baby, so the search was on.

It was a rough week - trusting someone with my baby girl, going back to work after 4 months off, and then this happening. I wonder how I will trust another with my baby girl.

We had a few interviews this weekend and well we think we have found the one
Sage will start there tomorrow :) We are looking forward to this new transition and pray that it is a great one for us all!

Here is miss Sage today - waking up, her new toy to love on, and trying out her high chair (for when we are ready for solids, that day is getting close ;) )