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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with Wavy--so great to get everyone's updates!  This thread is definitely the most fun I've been on, so thanks to Pumpkin for starting and all for participating.

Re: daycares, the competition is indeed fierce, especially for infants.  We didn't put our daughter in until she found one, and shocking got a spot at our favorite place (Children in the Shoe in Bethesda) really quickly.  I think part of it was luck, but I was also very up-front with the directors about how much we liked it there, and contacted them often to express my continued interest.  Some centers, including them, don't admit strictly based off place on the waiting list, they take into account who contacts them often expressing interest.  So it's worth doing that--or at least asking about it on the tours--if you find a center you really like.

All that said, a nanny share may be the way to go.  Daycare was a good fit for our daughter because she's very social, and also because we waited until she was 1.  If she was younger, we probably would have gone with a nanny share.

The government stuff is really stressful.  JinDC, I'm sorry you'll be hit so hard by it.  My husband's a Fed, but works in cybersecurity so we're hoping he'll be spared some of the worst.  I'm a postdoctoral fellow at NIH, and although I could easily stay in low-wage-land for another few years, am most likely going to transition to working part-time in private practice (am a psychologist).  I agree with Pumpkin's take on the situation, but also wouldn't be surprised by anything.

Pumpkin, so sorry to hear you've got the spitty mouth!  I had it something fierce with my first, so bad I slept with a towel on my pillow for the last trimester.  Ugh.  I found chewing gum helped, if only because I tended to swallow the saliva.  So gross.

I've been taking a combo of Unisom and a vitamin B complex at night, and I swear it's helping the nausea.   It's not as bad so far as it was the last time at this point (furiously knocking wood).  Bagels with cream cheese also help. :^)

-Poppy[/quote]

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