Since my mat leave is up 7 weeks before my summer break, I had to find short term care for my LO who will be 2.5-4mo old. A SAHM friend offered to take care of him. It is a great arrangement for several reasons - similar personalities, great price, cloth diapered her kids so fine with mine, she has only one other kid in the morning and none in the afternoon, etc.
We already agreed to this situation and it's about 5 weeks away. However, there was a slight change to her schedule and now I'm getting slightly uncomfy about how much time LO will be in the car/ car seat, and how difficult the daily schedule is. Am I being a neurotic FTM here?
Daily time in car, all times roundtrip:
40 min childcare dropoff/pickup (obvi unavoidable)
45 min school dropoff
45 min kindergarten dropoff
Two times a week: 45 min school pickup + appts for her kids (OT, vision therapy)
Once a week: kinder sports, 40 min roundtrip
Total time: 2hr 10 min-3h in car, daily; split into 40-45min chunks
Pickup will be different every day. Monday and Wednesday would be 4pm at her house, Tuesday and Friday she is bringing him to DHs work at 245, and Thursday he is being picked up at another friends house at 245 bc she volunteers at her kids school on Thursday afternoons so LO is being watched by a different friend for that time.
Other things to consider: he naps GREAT in the car seat, we can avoid carseat time on the weekday evenings, she prefers to babywear instead of use a stroller, and it's only 7 weeks.
Like isaid, does it sound like a silly FTM concern or a legit concern?