Ah, so you are saying that I should start my game, stand in front of the day care man (without taking the egg), wait until I hit a point I can trust the NPC's aren't going to move, and then save again.
After that, using the same seed I was using, make sure I am hitting my seconds and delay again, and then go catch a wild Poke to see what frame I am starting on then, and hope it's an odd start frame, so I can do the correct number of journal flips (my target frame for this seed is 41).
I'll try it, and let you know what happens.