As I’m telling you this, I’d like you to keep in mind that
this is what we’re doing. What we do isn’t
necessarily what you should do. Our life
circumstances are different, and our views may be different also. Either way, I hope you can learn from
this.
First things first:
where will we be living when Jason is born?
Well, right now we have our application in at housing. If you don’t know, housing is for people with
lower incomes. You are put on a waiting
list until an apartment becomes available.
We could be waiting for six months before we get in. For us this works out though. We will not have the truck paid off for about
two or three more months. Therefore, we
will not be able to afford an apartment until it is paid off. This gives us time to save up our money.
As we are waiting for a place to become available, we will
be staying with my parents. My mom has
offered a room in the house for the nursery, and as long as we continue to pay
rent, we are welcome here. For the first
few months, Jason will be in our room sleeping in a bassinet. Then, once he has outgrown the bassinet, we
will move him to the nursery in a crib.
Who will be taking
care of him?
Jason is due in the beginning of October. I only say this because around Thanksgiving
Mason will be laid off for the winter.
He will still have plowing to do if it snows, but during winter he will
be collecting unemployment.
In the first and possibly second month, I will be taking
care of Jason during the day, but Mason will help in the afternoons. I will also be taking care of him at night
because Mason will have to get up early for work. On the weekends he will help at night unless
he has to work Saturday. In the fall
they have to work Saturday’s because they get busy again. Therefore, he will probably only help me
Saturday nights.
To give you an idea, Mason leaves for work at 7:20am, and
gets home any time after 3pm. Some days
he will work as late as 7pm. During the
fall months he will have very long hours and probably won’t get off until
between 5 and 7pm.
Once Mason is laid off for the winter, we will both be
taking care of him during the day and at night.
On a side note: Mason will be looking for a job that will give him his
CDL so he can start his trucking career.
We already have a few places in mind, but we have to wait until then to
start applying due to unemployment and everything.
Babysitters
We will not really be in need of babysitters because I will
be staying home with Jason. But on the
off chance that we do need one, we would go to our family friends or Mason’s
dad first. The reason we will not go to
my parents first is because of their drinking habit. Neither of us are comfortable with Jason
being around alcohol, and we don’t want to risk it.
Of course, we are going to give them a chance to prove that
they can handle it, but once they ruin it it’s gone. We want Jason to be able to spend time with
his grandparents, but this is a touchy matter for us. They have done a lot for us, but we don’t
trust them. That is a story all in its
own, but that’s where we stand with my parents babysitting.
As for daycare or anything along those lines, we won’t be
enrolling him in that. For one, we don’t
need to, and for two, it is expensive.
Lastly, I have problems trusting people I don’t know with my baby. You may not agree, but this is just how we
plan on raising him. Again, what works
for us may not work for you.
I believe that’s it.
If you have any other questions that I forgot, feel free to ask. I will answer all of them in a separate post
so that I can go into detail. Thanks for
reading, and have a great day!
