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[[Category:Childcare information]]
[[Category:Childcare information]]
=Kid-specific details=
==Overview==
==[[Josh]]==
This page is an index to any information which might be needed by a childsitter, broken down into separate pages.
Ironically, Josh is actually the easiest of the three. At home, he normally keeps to himself and is almost self-sufficient. He never comes in the office, gets into screaming matches with his brothers, chases the cat, or demands things. The ''only'' things he needs (from day to day) that a normal 13-year-old wouldn't need are (1) being cleaned up after a number-two in the toilet (relatively easy; he's very cooperative, and we keep a supply of surgical gloves on hand – 2nd drawer from the right in the kitchen), and (2) food and drink preparation.


Sometimes Josh will get agitated, and it may be difficult to figure out what he needs; if you suggest food, he may run away to indicate you've guessed right... or you may just have to try a few things and see what solves the problem. Sometimes he seems to get headaches (holds face/forehead, face looks flushed/droopy), and a little neck-massage seems to calm him down.
The same information is also available in a single long document (all the "details for sitters" pages combined into a single page) for printing: [[Details for sitters (complete)]].
===Drinks===
==Topics==
Josh's main drink is orange juice, shaken (not stirred) and diluted approximately 50-50 with filtered water from the fridge. (If it is too diluted, he will either ignore it or pour it out in the sink.) He also will sometimes take water from the blue spray-bottle. When going on outings (visiting other houses, going to the park, etc.), he drinks Sprite-like drinks (usually "Mist") which are kept in the basement; he only likes them warm. We've been trying to wean him off these and onto using the blue spray-bottle of water, and it's probably ok at this point to only bring the sprayer unless the outing is longer than 1-2 hours and the sprayer might not be enough.
* '''Individual details'''
===Snacks===
** [[Josh details for sitters]] (lots of stuff)
Josh generally snacks on veggie-chips, which are kept above the chest freezer in the laundry room. The bag needs to be opened just a little and he can open it the rest of the way; these can be left out on the dining table for him to munch on in passing, and he will throw away the bag when it is empty.
*** <s>[[Josh morning preparation]]</s>: during the school year only
===Meals===
** [[Benjy details for sitters]] (short)
His fall-back diet, for meals when we're not preparing something he likes, is hot dogs:
** [[Zander details for sitters]] (minimal)
* take frozen pack from the chest freezer (laundry room); microwave at 10% (careful not to accidentally select 70%!) for 8:88 (a.k.a. 9 minutes 28 seconds)
* '''Routines and logistics'''
* open the pack, take out half of the dogs (usually 5), put on a plate and microwave on Defrost for 2:22 (usually I rinse off the ice first; they cook more evenly that way, and you don't end up with as much loose water)
** [[Kindertaxi details for sitters]] (for sitter): when and where the pick-ups and drop-offs currently are
* wait until Josh finishes, and repeat for the other half of the pack (he has been known to eat too fast and end up coughing up hot-dog chunks on the floor if given too many at once; 5-6 at a time seems to be okay)
** [[Preparing kid lunches]] (for Dorothy)
** <s>[[Household routines for sitters]]</s> (not applicable for this trip; kids are staying at Dorothy's)


Josh will also eat chicken in almost any form, as long as it is recognizably chicken and doesn't have too much other stuff mixed in.
Contents are being updated for [[2007 California trip|June 2007 trip to California]]
 
==[[Benjamin]]==
There is a list of foods Benjamin likes, posted on the kitchen wall just outside the office; he often goes to it for inspiration. Some of the items on the list will need grownup preparation, and feel free to call to ask where ingredients or cooking apparati can be found, if you can't find something. We've made sure to stock up on his current favorite, frozen Lasagna, which he can prepare for himself (although sometimes he decides he wants help); he just needs supervision to make sure that any unfinished portions get saved for later, and that messes don't accumulate on the table.
==[[Zander]]==
Zander is pretty self-sufficient as long as there are frozen foods, bread, or waffles. When Benjamin isn't around, Zander tends to go off and read for hours; when Benjamin is around, he is more likely to play (and sometimes get into disputes) with Benjamin, though sometimes they each go off and do their own thing. We've been trying to teach them about negotiated solutions, and they've been slowly improving at this.
 
=General stuff=
==Meals==
There's Quinoa and spaghetti; B & Z both like spaghetti, B and J like Quinoa (not sure about Zander)... B & Z both like frozen pizza (Josh usually does, I thought, but turned his nose up at it the other day), though the one left in the freezer isn't the toppings they like...
==Evening Schedule==
Sometime before dark (Fri. and Sat.), check outside the front door to see if any packages have arrived. The UPS and FedEx people have lately been very stealthy when they leave stuff, and we occasionally don't discover packages until the next day...
 
Supper is sometime between 6 and 7. 8:00 is bedtime. Benjamin usually asks for a cup of water after we're done reading, and we never remember to pre-emptively bring one with us when we go up for reading; maybe your memory will work better than that ;-).
 
We read until 8:30, generally one chapter (or 15 minutes, whichever comes first) from each from their current book, winding up at 8:30 or a little after on non-school nights.

Latest revision as of 18:30, 15 June 2007

Overview

This page is an index to any information which might be needed by a childsitter, broken down into separate pages.

The same information is also available in a single long document (all the "details for sitters" pages combined into a single page) for printing: Details for sitters (complete).

Topics

Contents are being updated for June 2007 trip to California

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