Thanks everyone. I wish there was a way I could stay home with him. I talked to my boss, and she's okay with me leaving periodically to go home and check on him. But I really don't want to take the day off or call in sick...the word "layoffs" came up in a meeting yesterday, and like a lot of other people in this country right now, I feel like I might be too close to losing my job to pull a stunt like that.
So next question. If it is completely impossible for me to stay home with him the next day (I feel like a terrible mother)...would it be best to put him in his crate (it's a pretty decent size) or an xpen?