After 5 and a half months of maternity leave, it's time to bid the 24/7 mommy/Mads time a bittersweet goodbye. There's nothing more stressful than finding the right care for Mads and handing off this motherly care to someone else. Would they love her the way I do? Would they have their eyes on her at all time, keeping her safe and teaching her the ways of the world?
I kept thinking it wouldn't be that bad. We were chill parents, we never freak out around Mads, and we keep our cool no matter what, modeling a nonchalant brush-it-off approach to things for the little one. Will the nanny do that? Would the teacher at daycare do that?
It's such a relief to finally click with someone that will be spending the majority of the day with Mads. I strongly strongly recommend spending at least half a week to a week "trialing" the caregiver. There were so many things we didn't expect and couldn't have known through an interview, no matter how in-depth, until we saw how the caregiver interacts with Mads.
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