Re: Working Versus Staying At Home - Eating

[Guest guest]

I was wondering how people who have children with severe eating issues

have dealt with childcare. My husband is going to be laid off the first

week of June and I am currently a stay-at-home mom. I have found a job

and we are hoping they offer me a decent salary. The issue is if my

husband gets offered a better job, would I then quit to be a stay-at-home

mom again and screw over the company that is helping us out by giving me

a job when we are desperate (I worked their previously and they know I

will do a good job) or would I be able to stay at the company part-time

(I know they would have no problems with this since we already discussed

it) and obtain day-care for the girls. Emma is almost three and has been

doing really well with her lungs but she is still basically spoon fed (I

give her a plate with the spoon on it and she picks it up). I can't

imagine any daycare that would have time to deal with this. My

sister-in-law has offered to watch them but she is Chinese and I just

find it really hard to convey the medical issues with CF to her. I don't

think she gets the concept behind the use of the enzymes at all so I

don't really consider that a viable option. Anyway, I was just curious

how others dealt with daycare when your child has had reflux or severe

eating problems.

Thanks,

- mom to Emma 2 1/2 years old w/CF (double delta F508, doing well

weight and lung wise) and acid reflux and Isabelle 4 1/2 years old wo/CF

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[Guest guest]

I was wondering how people who have children with severe eating issues

have dealt with childcare. My husband is going to be laid off the first

week of June and I am currently a stay-at-home mom. I have found a job

and we are hoping they offer me a decent salary. The issue is if my

husband gets offered a better job, would I then quit to be a stay-at-home

mom again and screw over the company that is helping us out by giving me

a job when we are desperate (I worked their previously and they know I

will do a good job) or would I be able to stay at the company part-time

(I know they would have no problems with this since we already discussed

it) and obtain day-care for the girls. Emma is almost three and has been

doing really well with her lungs but she is still basically spoon fed (I

give her a plate with the spoon on it and she picks it up). I can't

imagine any daycare that would have time to deal with this. My

sister-in-law has offered to watch them but she is Chinese and I just

find it really hard to convey the medical issues with CF to her. I don't

think she gets the concept behind the use of the enzymes at all so I

don't really consider that a viable option. Anyway, I was just curious

how others dealt with daycare when your child has had reflux or severe

eating problems.

Thanks,

- mom to Emma 2 1/2 years old w/CF (double delta F508, doing well

weight and lung wise) and acid reflux and Isabelle 4 1/2 years old wo/CF

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[Guest guest]

I would approach it from a disability stand point. Can they care for disabled

kids? If so then they should be able to care for Emma and her eating problems.

I would really stress the disability part so some poor teacher won't be

frustrated the first time they try to feed her lunch. You may need to drop by a

couple of days early at a feeding time and teach two or three how to feed Emma.

More than one needs to know how in case her regular teacher is sick and they

have a substitute. Find out when they will be feeding her lunch and let them

know you will be spontaneously dropping by to see if they are following your

instructions. Then do it.

I wish you the best of luck on the job thing. We have with out work in the past

couple of years. Thankfully, I haven't had to work though. Of course with four

kids, the day care would be astronomical, not to mention the fact that I

homeschool my oldest three.

Dawn mom of 4, 7 and under, the youngest wcf

Re: Working Versus Staying At Home - Eating

I was wondering how people who have children with severe eating issues

have dealt with childcare. My husband is going to be laid off the first

week of June and I am currently a stay-at-home mom. I have found a job

and we are hoping they offer me a decent salary. The issue is if my

husband gets offered a better job, would I then quit to be a stay-at-home

mom again and screw over the company that is helping us out by giving me

a job when we are desperate (I worked their previously and they know I

will do a good job) or would I be able to stay at the company part-time

(I know they would have no problems with this since we already discussed

it) and obtain day-care for the girls. Emma is almost three and has been

doing really well with her lungs but she is still basically spoon fed (I

give her a plate with the spoon on it and she picks it up). I can't

imagine any daycare that would have time to deal with this. My

sister-in-law has offered to watch them but she is Chinese and I just

find it really hard to convey the medical issues with CF to her. I don't

think she gets the concept behind the use of the enzymes at all so I

don't really consider that a viable option. Anyway, I was just curious

how others dealt with daycare when your child has had reflux or severe

eating problems.

Thanks,

- mom to Emma 2 1/2 years old w/CF (double delta F508, doing well

weight and lung wise) and acid reflux and Isabelle 4 1/2 years old wo/CF

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