The day before...

So tomorrow is going to be my first official day as Isla's nanny. I'm both extremely nervous and excited. To be quiet honest, I'm not all that sure why I'm nervous. I've done lots of work with children before now. I started off babysitting when I was in grade six, volunteered at a daycare (mainly in the toddler room) for four years, was a nanny to Ellie (2.5 years), been with Nicholas (3 years) and Joseph (4 years) for over a year now, also been with Lillianna (3 years) for over a year too, did my placement in both a preschool, JK/SK classroom, and most recently in an infant room. Heck, I even work in a daycare, and have been officially working there since early December. Yet the thought of being alone with just Isla is a little nerve wracking.

It's not like I haven't been alone with her before or anything. There's been a handful of visits and even a test run last weekend. But now it's starting. I'll be there about 7:15pm (which means waking up at 6am, and out for the bus for 7am), and be there till 5:00pm. I did draw up a plan. I've got a handfuls of activities to do with her. I know she's quiet fond of me, she reached for me the very first time I met her. She acutaly spent the whole interview winning and trying to get me to pick her up from her father's, Lee's, lap.

She's an avid reader. Well, not exactly, she can't read persay, but she loves books. Isla is more then content just sitting and flipping through book after book. The reason being why we're going to make the either thirty-five minute or so walk, or ten minute bus ride, to the library Friday. I plan on bringing Isla to Family Space (a drop in centre with activity rooms for each age group; infant, toddler, ext.) every Wednesday after her afternoon nap, and library visits on Fridays. That is till the weather warms up, then we have parks and wadding pools and much much more!

I'll only be with Isla for about 3 weeks, then I'm going away for surgery. I'll be off for 6 weeks while I'm in a plaster cast, but be back for May. Just in time for spring/summer weather to truly start. Anyways, it's nearly 7:30am. I think I'll shower and drink something since I'm overly dehydrated, and have been for a few days. Damn being too pre-occupied to properly hydrate myself! I guess I'll leave with a photograph of Isla, it's a few weeks old, but she pretty much looks the same. You can't tell by the pictures, but she's now crawling!




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b♥