It’s stories like these that make me eager to hear Izzy talking..
http://nealpollack.com/archives/2006/06/#000437

This has been bugging me for a while, so I think it’s about time I got it out. Let’s talk about daycare. G and I looked at 3 places that took infants. Our first choice had no openings until June (when Izzy will start going for 2 days a week), our 2nd choice is where he currently goes, and our third choice while in Hyde Park, might as well have been run out of a trailer from the impression I got.

In case you didn’t know, daycare is expensive. As a result of it being so expensive I have some expectations.
#1 - Consistent care. I don’t like the fact that each week there seems to be at least one new person watching over Izzy. It was bad enough that the 2 primary people in charge of his care are each part time. One takes the morning shift and one takes the afternoon. Oh yeah…and please don’t take care of my kid while you’re sick.

#2 - Let the kid sleep. I expect them to allow my son to sleep when he needs it. When he’s home, we have no problem getting him to take 3 naps throughout the day. Somehow they only get one. This always makes for a fun evening.

#3- Follow directions. When we ask you NOT to heat his bottles, we’d appreciate you so as we ask.

#4- Let him learn. When Izzy started daycare he was more than happy to hold his bottle when being fed. Apparently they don’t let him do this, and now he has no interest in doing so.

#5 - How about some notice? Telling us at 4:30pm one day that our son can’t come to school the next day because his “blue sheet” (documentation tha he’s got his shots) has expired is ridiculous. (Especially when it hasn’t)

I’m sure this list will get longer….but I might as well let it go for now.

All I’m asking is 1 week when everyone in my family is healthy. No runny nose. No antibiotics. No ear infection. Please? PLEASE?!

This makes me happy…a DEVO kids album!!
We’ll add it to the playlist with They Might Be Giants’ No!
and the Candy Band.

Thanks Modern Day Dad.

Someone find me a copy…please!

via Daddytypes.com

Well, Izzy’s first HOLIDAY season was quite a success! His Christmas saw a new swing hanging from a tree at his granparents, some clothes and some toys. His Hanukkah saw more clothes and more toys. I think he was on too much overload to pick a favorite.

He’s also started clapping (or a close facsimile of it), he successfully signed for milk, and he decided NOT to share for the first time.

My HOLIDAY was quite a success as I concluded my attack on Christmas by pressuring washing on Christmas morning and successfully upsetting a neighbor. She came over and started the conversation with, “Do I have to call code enforcement?”

I can’t wait to see what happens during the annual Gonznonian New Years celebration!

Aaah, the joys of the holidays.

Merry Chrismahanukwanzakah everyone!

Here’s a little quicktime video of Izzy.

I want Izzy to have good teeth, but it it worth the cost of good teeth to listen to him scream at the top of his lungs because of an ear infection? Sleep or teeth?

Hmmm….
Antibiotic affects some children’s teeth: US study

Okay, thanks goies out to DaveDorm for reminding me about Strange New Products.

Thanks to them I’ve found the following…

In case Izzy needs a little encouragement, there’s Toilet Buddies.

And in case we want him to cuddle up with some syphillis, there’s GIANTMicrobes

I’ve also added Strange New Products to my list of daily reads, so there’ll be some regular posts from this one.

Breaking news! Children are disease carrying morons!

The first link is about a study that discovered “otherwise healthy 3- and 4-year-olds drive flu epidemics”. Not a surprise really. I was always under the impression that the moment your kid started socializing with other kids on a regular basis, illness for the whole family was sure to follow.

The second link is about a study that discovered infants get very confused by symbols. This sucks since I was going to start reading Kafka’s The Metamorphosis to Izzy this weekend. Oh well, back to Goodnight Moon.

Thanks to DaddyTypes for the links.

Surveillance data suggest that preschoolers drive flu epidemics
Mindful of symbols