One thing that did seem to go well this week was the introduction of Aiden to his new nanny, Jessie, and the other baby in her care, Kennedy. Jessie graduated earlier this year from the University of Maryland Baltimore County with a degree in Psychology. She has an interest in child development and is taking some time off before graduate school while she figures out exactly what she wants to do (clinical, counseling, or educational psych, or research). She's already had a lot of experience being a nanny of infants--previous families include one with two twin 18 month old boys and another with a child with Aspergers and a younger sibling with sensory integrative disorder. She seems to be an extremely patient and easygoing person, and her references couldn't quit gushing about her. And we're really pleased with her so far--we think she'll be great for Aiden.
Kennedy is a very bright and even-tempered 6 month old. Her parents, Rick and Brooke, both finished law school within the last 3 years. Rick is still a lawyer (works just across the border in Pennsylvania), but Brooke decided she just wasn't a paper-pusher, and decided to go back to school to get a master's in education. She joined a special program where she gets her classes at Hopkins paid for in exchange for her teaching in an inner-city school in Baltimore. She said she is one of two white people in the building (that's students and teachers included). She really loves it and finds it very rewarding, and is considering staying on in the ghetto after she finishes classes (just two more left). But no doubt it's a rough place--just last week, a kid who went to school there was shot in an altercation with police.
Anyway, Kennedy lives about 5 minutes up the road, right on my way to work, which is pretty convenient. Every other week, Jessie & the kids will be at our place, and Aiden won't even have to get out of his PJs if he doesn't feel like it. Also we figure, what could be better for him than playing every day with an intelligent baby who's just one step ahead of him on those developmental milestones?
The babies already seem to get along great. The day I was home with everybody, Aiden and Kennedy spent some time just grinning and cooing at each other. Kennedy likes to squeal pretty loudly when she gets excited and, after just two days with her, Aiden does now too. Oh well, guess you can't complain about your kid being a quick study :)
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