Chalk one up for the daycare.

Had a LONG, LOVELY chat with Teacher Amy at Zoey's daycare yesterday afternoon, mainly to warn her that a doctor's note was on it's way regarding Zoey's diaper rash, and that I would be expecting her to be changed every two hours. I was pleasantly surprised to arrive at the daycare this afternoon at 4:15 and find a happy child and a detailed list of all the times she had been changed, as well as all the creams she had been slathered in. One point for daycare.

Another improvement/revision to The Plan has been recruiting my wonderful friends, Kendra and Rebecca, to help me out in the mornings. Because seriously? I just can't leave my kid with E.R.L. anymore. SO, I will be dropping Zoey off at Rebecca's house at 6:30 on Monday and Wednesday mornings (thank you, THANK YOU Rebecca for opening your house to my child at such an ungodly hour of the morning) and Bryan will be taking Zoey to Kendra's house at 7:00 on Fridays. They each have a child in the same daycare as Zoey, but their kids only go for preschool from 8:30-12:00. So they'll just take Zoey along with them and I will pick her up after work.

We tried this plan for the first time this morning, and it was SUCH a relief to leave my daughter with Rebecca and NOT with the nutbag at daycare. Also, she ate a fantastic breakfast before school (apparently she really likes bacon, which was news to me) and had a blast playing with Rebecca's daughter, Adley. She also had a thorough diaper change before leaving for school and there is no doubt in my mind that Rebecca strongly reinforced The Schedule Of Changing with Teacher Melina before leaving the girls. (She offered to whip up a quick spreadsheet with a time schedule on it--she does something financial so she's capable of things like "whipping up a spreadsheet"--but I told her maybe we'd just see how they did on their own. But don't think I won't take her up on that offer should the need arise.)

And so, today, I am finally feeling better about daycare.