nanny vs creche

That does not sound right Memo.

At K's creche the playground outside is also seperated so the toddlers in one age bracket will play together and have access to swings, jungle gyms etc without the bigger ones taking over. They have about 1 hour in the morning before lunch and after 3pm, they are usually outside until parents fetch them (weather permitting of course). They do lovely activities outside and even gardening which is awesome.

O dear..that dont sound right to me..
At Am's crehce they have seperate play areas for different age groups and the areas are easy to control..
when they are outside they are happy! I have been to pick up Am during a rainy day when they cant play outside, and then its Chaos in the class room!

How did it go with the pick up? Was he better this afternoon?

Thanks guys! Really I appreciate all the support.

I'm kinda curious now. How much time do your kids get to spend outside?
It seems Jude school only allows for 25 minutes in the morning and then another 25 mins after 4pm.. Does this sound right?? Apparently they cant all play together as it's easier to control them in a confined space. Gawd! Those two dreadfull words (control, confine) in one sentence...

My aching heart

Sorry to hear that you had a rough morning. Its never easy to have to leave a crying child at creche.

You definitely need to give it time. He will adjust as he gets to know the teachers and his little friends and also as he does more fun activities there, he will see the school as a fun place to be.

Kamilah was 6 months old when she first went to creche. We never had tears at all. Actually I was more of a wreck than she was worrying constantly about whether she was missing me or whether she was cared for. I actually spent two full weeks at creche just to see how well she was being cared for and to also see that she has adjusted. She is now two years old and only had tears when her favourite teacher resigned. She would not go to the new teacher but after 3 days of crying at drop-off she was happy again. I just stuck to the same routine of saying good bye: She gives me her dummy, I give her a kiss, say goodbye and tell her that we will see her in the afternoon and then hand her over. At this point, I leave and if she is crying I do nto go back but by the time I walk out of the gates (have to walk past her classroom window) she has often stopped crying. If not, then I phone in 10 minutes time to see if she has settled.

With regards to food, we get a weekly menu to see what they have been eating. A dietician plans their food and its really food that we would eat at home. So I dot worry. I made sure that the food was halaal for religious reasons and see that she gets enough of everything. At creche if she finishes her lunch and wants more, they dish another bowl for her and that applies to breakfast (obviously within reasons as I do not want her to pig out justbecause they dishing more food ) Lol! She gets a snack at 10 am with baby rooibos tea and then in the afternoon Juice, water and snack. I do send a sarmie for her that she eats at around 4pm as I found she is often famished when she gets home even though she ate snacks at creche so the sarmie helps her to wait until supper time.

Also with regards to the size of the class, there is currently 15 kids in her class with 2 teachers. There is one general assistant that does the round of all the 3 classes in Educare 1 and helps out when needed. The kids from the 2 class (small tweenies and big tweenies) play together during free play too but they also have structured activities for their class only.

I hope Jude adapts well to the creche. It takes a bit of time especially when they are used to the home setting but he will make friends and he will be doing fun things at creche and then he wont want to come home in the afternoon Lol!

Sorry that this morning was so tough... It will get better soon.

Good luck xx

Ah Memo.. I know its hard, but promise it will get better! I would phone the creche and find out if he is still crying..This afternoon when u pick him up try and sneak up on him to see how he is handling everything..
Some mornings I would also drop off Am and she would cry, but in the afternoons when I get there she is playing and laughing.!
Strongs!

((((HUGS)))), memo!