For the first time, I have the opportunity to have Southern Boy and Southern Girl at the same child care place on the same days, but there is a big dilemma.
Here is Southern Boy's pretty simple schedule:
MWF: Preschool
TT: Babysitter, who is an elderly woman whom we ADORE. She only keeps about 5 kids, ages 3-near 5.

Now, Southern Girl is a different story. In this small town I live in, infant child care is in very short supply. You pretty much need a relative or friend to watch your baby when you go back to work, or be one of the very FEW lucky ones to score a babysitter who will watch an infant. Daycare facilities are just not here, that is until about a month after Southern Girl was born when a local church decided to open a child development facility and accept babies. I was on that like white on rice, and Southern Girl was third (out of 4 spots) in the coveted baby room. This poor facility has had one bump in the road after another in it's quest to open it's doors, and finally went live, for just 2 days a week (Tues/Thurs), this week. Southern Girl has adapted very well in the two whole days I've dropped her off. The other three days, Southern Girl goes to the same babysitter she's been going to, who coincidentally is also a teacher at the new child development center.

It's all a piece of cake as long as Southern Dad and I can remember who goes where and which one of us is in charge of the drop off...because what day is it again?

So, long way to get to my dilemma, but here goes...
Southern Girl's school has been asking me to bring Southern Boy, too, on TT, which would be SO EASY to just have one stop on those two mornings. However, I simply can NOT tell the sweet elderly babysitter whom we LOVE that I'm pulling him and putting him in the new facility. It's simply that I don't want to hurt her feelings or take away any income she might be relying on each week. I am in such turmoil over this decision...

Why is being a mother SO HARD?