Jeff finalized FMLA today. So, it appears that she’ll be home with William (and Mary for the majority of the time) for the 6 weeks. Spoke with HR, disability only works if I’m injured so just straight fmla. Worked for 3 hrs and visited with co-workers. Will be working some from home but care of William is primary so we’ll just have to see what I can do.

Searched for Car seat strap extenders. Turns out, Britax teamed up with a company called snugseat.com, and they produce a spica cast compatible car seat. $500. This is truly an example of highway robbery. The Normal Britax’s are expensive, but this is ridiculous, especially when we have a usage life time of a few weeks. And of course, with that product on the market, there are no extenders or longer straps available.

It’d be one thing if this was a hugely different product, but based on the illustration, they take a Boulevard seat, add longer straps, cut away the leg wings, and add a back pillow. I’m not even certain they cut away the wings. Annoying. I don’t know what we’re going to do.

William had another medical appointment setup for the 17th of March on an unrelated matter. We’ll see if that goes forward or not. It should be interesting if we keep the appointment. We also have got to call Daycare’s insurance tomorrow. The apt on the 17th is canceled so one less thing to worry about it.

Kids went down pretty well tonight. No screaming meanies, and only a little fussing during the move. I think the nap made a difference. He woke several times during the night with Grandmomma. He needs to be reassured that someone is there. He didn’t take any pain medicine, even otc and I think we will be giving him some Weds. night (hindsight the following morning).

– © MARY VIC, 2008.

All of my teaching is starting to bear fruits. MV grabbed the camera from Grandma, and started to snap away!