DaddyCircle:May I know for Jurong West Table, how do you come out with Red, Yellow and Yellot-dot banding please? Thanks.
No need to answer the above anymore. Basically all the normal ones are over-registered for 2C. Statistics no use at all for 2C.
DaddyCircle:May I know for Jurong West Table, how do you come out with Red, Yellow and Yellot-dot banding please? Thanks.
May I know for Jurong West Table, how do you come out with Red, Yellow and Yellot-dot banding please? Thanks.
Dear fellow parents ā¦ any of you know about this new childcare center opposite Queensway Shopping Center call Bridging stars childcare?? Cost $1070 for full day ā¦ quite expensive ā¦ hope to gather more info of this childcare for careful considerations ā¦ thanks!
Thanks for your advise and sharing. My wife (SAHM) agreed that we should let our DD go for 1/2 day CC (playgroup) to let her open up meet more children and learn to be independent ... and at the same, let my wife have more rest ....
The fees of private CC seems very expensive and am still doing my budgeting and sourcing for a more affordable CC now .... those that I find within my budget and likings are either FULL (some dont even offer Waitlist) or only accepts Full Day CC ....
lyra:
Hi! Maybe u can consider sending ur child to half day CC and then u can send her to enrichment courses either in afternoons or weekends? I guess for a young child, he or she may not need too many enrichment programmes yet. I sent my son to half day cc and he's learning quite a lot there, especially the life skills like eating on his own, washing hands, etc. But then I'm a SAHM mom so I already taught him a lot before he was sent in, and in the afternoons, he get a lot of \"enrichment\" at home too as we do colouring, singing, reading, etc. You can also spare a few hours at night to do these activities at home with your child. Its almost like enrichment programme already... Enrichment programmes at this age is also for about 1 hr and its mostly parent accompanied.
I think a childcare/preschool has to be an environment where teachers are caring and loving. There was once I brought my son (18 month old) to look at a childcare centre nearby our house. The teacher seems to be shouting instructions and having a stern expression when teaching chinese. It doesn't look enjoyable at all. I had wanted to let my son see older kids learning so that he will feel excited about going to school but after he saw the teacher, he told me \"No no no\" when I asked him if he wants to go to school. I saw the same teacher bringing kids out to playground and she's shouting and scolding most of the time. Also, there's only one teacher to about a class of 15+ kindergarten kids. No assistants to help look out for the kids. So I decided this childcare is out of my consideration although its really at a convenient location for me.
I enrolled my son in another childcare when he's 20month old. I peep in many times, without my son noticing and I saw that the teachers are caring, giving hugs and guiding the children although the number of children in the centre is a lot, and can seem chaotic at times when new children join the centre and are crying for their mummies. There is one teacher whom I saw scolding a boy who likes to throw tantrums but otherwise, there are no serious scoldings, and I saw the teachers trying to pacify the boy and guide him although he's not cooperative. Another good point is that the centre is new so its clean and neat, and the toys and books are new. Unfortunately, they still do have incidences of HFMD. I guess this is unavoidable. I put my son in for half day only, so I guess he won't get it so easily since he did not sleep there, and he don't have the habit of putting objects into his mouth.
I chose a childcare for half day because I couldn't find an enrichment centre or playgroup that can take in drop off children for few hours nearby. I guess a childcare for 4 hr is similar. My husband also wants to let our son learn to be independent, to eat on his own, and be away from mummy for a few hours without fussing. I'm SAHM expecting a second baby soon, so actually this is a better choice because when I bring my son home in the afternoon, he's already fed, showered and ready to sleep soon. One good thing about the centre is that they make sure he eats and drinks water regularly. He enjoys the food there.
Thank you.
lonerunner:Full day care is $1k before subsidies as my child doesnt attend on saturdays. You could call/email the school for more details too
Any information on the prices plz? :roll:
lonerunner:If care giving for the child is an issue, then childcare is the way to go. Otherwise I think a kindergarten is much cheaper on the pockets.
Alternatively, there is a new childcare called Childhood Builder (https://www.facebook.com/ChildhoodBuilderPreschool) near Redhill MRT that you could check it out. MCYS website has not been updated yet although the childcare has started operation last month.
The environment is good with attentive, firm but fair teachers. There is no TV set in school (they even have a piano!), so I know my kid will not be able to watch cartoons there! *haha!* I even saw a young child who is in the school for the first time settling down by late morning and even ate lunch very well. So I think having experienced teachers, delicious food and small group environment helps.
Yes ... I still hold her hands, carry her bag (she got long history of neck-shoulder pain due to her work in the younger days) and do all manual works for the last 13yrs of marriage ... and now with a 9mth old DD ... I am hubby plus daddy plus maid plus nightshift babysitter too ....
We didnt give our DD any pacifier so far .... 9th month now ... and she still havent show any signs of thumb-sucking yet ... so we hope she can stay pacifier-free all the way with only bottle allowed into the mouth ...
Hi all ... into the 9th month now .... looking back at her newborn photos and videos from delivery room to yesterday .... time flies and she totally looks different every week ....
Just wonder if fellow mummies/daddies can share their knowledge with me on the followings~
1. Milk consumption is dropping quite drastically from 150ml (6th month) to 60~90ml (now each feed). Her menu is congee meal (with vege & eggs & minced meat) for lunch, steam fish (almost 1/5) for dinner and twice fruit puree (afternoon snack and after dinner snack). Total milk powder consumption a day dropped from 650~700ml to less than 300ml. (worried to see her chubbyness gone and can feel she quite bony when carrying). :slapshead:
2. Over the last 1 month till now, around 2~3am she starts to prone with backside up (knees in) and seems like \"digging in\" ... and then cries and wake up .... after comforting and carrying for awhile, she doze off and when placed onto the bed, she very soon change posture back to \"backside pointing up when knees in\" ... and the same cycle repeats almost every hour till morning 6~7am for her normal breakfast milk-time. Then in the day, these wont happen. Some told me this is \"colic\" but my surfing from internet on colic doesnt seem to have such symptons... anybody know what's wrong with my DD plz?
Thanks.
After reading so many posts in this forum and checking out on the information in the respective centers' website ... I am starting to get quite confused and worried over my 9month old DD enrolment .... :scared:
If I wanted my DD to start \"schooling\" at 18months, the option should be Playgroup in Childcare (half-day) where $150 can be claimed. But the worry and horror of risking my DD to frequent illnesses and risk of HFMD made us guilty and indecisive over it. Its just too expensive and inconvenient for us to bring her to those expensive playgroups scheduled in those commerical centers ... *sigh*
Should we decide to keep her at home till 3yo, we will still need to send her to either a Kindergarten (3hr) or CC (half-day). In this case, we have to accept the fact that she will need to face risks of frequent illnesses and HFMD (bobian liao) ... the question is then focus on the enrichment classes issue for my DD. Kindergarten 3hr dont include enrichment and we will need to bring her to outside centers for these classes as compared to enrichment classes incorporated into CC (half-day) in same venue. But the cost of CC are currently very expensive (more than Kindergarten fee) even though enrichment class fees for both are quite same. So end of the day, CDA account will dry up very fast and monthly (term) school fees will become very taxing ... :scared:
No wonder so many Singaporeans are not having babies .... its really getting very very expensive lately .... :moneyflies: