The Day Care Blues

A colleague at work told me that when he looked back on the first year his child was in day care, he found he had taken about three weeks of sick leave. Since day care is pretty much a germ fest (by no fault of their own), it's no surprise. Our pediatrician told us that we can expect Keaton to be sick for about one week out of each month for the first year he's in day care. Makes you feel like a great mom, doesn't it? Sending your kid to the petri dish every day doesn't seem like the greatest parenting decision.

Keaton's going through his first day care cold/stomach bug/etc. He's got a terrible diaper rash too. Poor little guy. Even with all that, he's just a happy little guy and always has a smile.