Childcare or no Childcare?
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My child is 14mths. My option is definitely put her in childcare or with my mum, as I don't trust maid. Mayb half day CCC is a good option, at least nt so tiring for her. then slowly convert to full day.. yet to source for CCC tho.. any recommendation for CCC in the west? Prefer jurong east or jur west.. I think cooking dinner for her will be a challenge if i were to manage on my own? imagine after work, i need to fetch her before 7pm and then rush home to cook dinner for her.. by the time, we all settle down, it will be ard 8-9pm?? then it will be time for bed n don't even hv time to bond with her?? however on the other hand, by putting her in west side CCC, we need to travel frm north to west every day, n i hvnt take into consideration on the travelling time to my future workplace..
come to think of it, either ways are tiring.. my hb cant really help me as he works shift. so i can say, im the only one handling alone, unless is his off day..buds:
How old is your child now?
If you're planning to return to the workforce and your parents are not the main caregiver then the CCC is your only choice apart from employing a domestic helper. If you need to go over your parents' place for dinner every day then by all means the CCC should preferably be near them and if you can manage your own dinner with your husband and child/children and you are definitely able to fetch before 7pm, then a CCC near your home might be more practical.
If your parents can help out afternoons, then only half day CCC option is also available for your baby.
Not all CCCs are the same definitely. As for the space of a CCC, the bigger the space the better cause then they can allot proper areas for sleep, dining and studying. But not all centres are very big. Also you need to factor in the cost. Not just for fees but also if there is a need for a separate $$$ that might be needed for travel expenditure. -
sorry i dun understand. :? if u put in cc, y dun just put near your home in north or workplace? y stil need to put in west which is near to parent's place? like that so siong!
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bcoz if i put in ccc near my place, nobody prepare dinner for her leh… i also knw it will be siong and have yet to think of a better solution… any idea??
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foreverj:
sorry i dun understand. :? if u put in cc, y dun just put near your home in north or workplace? y stil need to put in west which is near to parent's place? like that so siong!
Cos foreverj, there are parents who stay very far from their workplaces and this means never being able to reach before 7pm, which is the childcare closing time. Parents who put their children into childcares nearer to grandparents' place find it more convenient that if the parents themselves are unable to fetch on time, then the grandparents can help pick up too. And for no-cooking full time working mums, they usually go to either in-laws or parents' place to have dinner together after children are picked up from the childcare.
Parents who have no means of transport will find it difficult as well if they were to place their children in childcares nearer to their workplaces, cause this will mean that the children have no choice but to travel all the way in jam-packed trains and buses due to the after-office peak hours. And not everyone is gracious enough to give up seats to children, so the children end up swaying and swaying or worse, no place to even hold on to steady their stance all the way till they reach their destinations.
Final decision will still rely a lot on logistics and convenience. -
actually cook porridge for baby can be very fast... boil water, add meat and vege (if fish- put last), add rice (soaked for 15min). i have cooked dinner in under 30min before. as the food is cooking, u can bathe your baby. it takes practice to perfection! its possible but need planning and determination and lots of love :love: (just google and u may find lots of suggestions from other working mums).
oh, u can pre-cook the stock for the week, freeze into packets, then thaw one packet in the morning b4 work. my fren does that.
u can ask your mum to be back-up. if kid is sick, then deposit with her cos cc won't take in sick children... -
i see, thanks buds, for just reminding me y i stil working in my underpaying and unappreciated part-time job. think can safely conclude that cc actually only work for those parents who can go home on time (or can lug work home to do) or have a lot of support from grandparents or reliable maids/caregivers.
but bbniu there are new cc which close at 9pm instead nowadays. think they recognise not all parents leave office on time and can reach home by 9pm. do check out those new ntuc cc (my first skool). but then very sad, by the time u reach home with the kid, u just want to sleep.. think govt going all out to make mummies go to work 
buds:
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Cos foreverj, there are parents who stay very far from their workplaces and this means never being able to reach before 7pm, which is the childcare closing time. Parents who put their children into childcares nearer to grandparents' place find it more convenient that if the parents themselves are unable to fetch on time, then the grandparents can help pick up too. And for no-cooking full time working mums, they usually go to either in-laws or parents' place to have dinner together after children are picked up from the childcare.
Parents who have no means of transport will find it difficult as well if they were to place their children in childcares nearer to their workplaces, cause this will mean that the children have no choice but to travel all the way in jam-packed trains and buses due to the after-office peak hours. And not everyone is gracious enough to give up seats to children, so the children end up swaying and swaying or worse, no place to even hold on to steady their stance all the way till they reach their destinations.
Final decision will still rely a lot on logistics and convenience. -
foreverj:
Time to make dinner for her and hubby oso must factor in leh, foreverj... not just the bb.actually cook porridge for baby can be very fast... boil water, add meat and vege (if fish- put last), add rice (soaked for 15min). i have cooked dinner in under 30min before. as the food is cooking, u can bathe your baby. it takes practice to perfection! its possible but need planning and determination and lots of love :love: (just google and u may find lots of suggestions from other working mums).
oh, u can pre-cook the stock for the week, freeze into packets, then thaw one packet in the morning b4 work. my fren does that.
u can ask your mum to be back-up. if kid is sick, then deposit with her cos cc won't take in sick children...
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haha… thanks buds for helping me to reply on that too… we adults oso need to eat, but then again, me n hubby usually eat out lah… only once a week i will cook coz i dun really knw how to cook! all in all, putting my gal with ccc near my parents seems to be the best solution now… mayb i shld find a job nearer to west too… walau, might as well next time move back to west! :x
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ya i figured the adults just da-bao home. in my case, i just eat whatever my dd eats
bbniu, sounds like in the long term makes more sense for u to move back to west. -
foreverj, yalor… in future when dd grows up n goes to school, oso need someone to take care of her after school… must seriously tik of moving back liao.
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