Daycares for Munckin

Baby bump at 20 weeks..

Yeap...toes still visible. But today somebody commented that my tummy is not "big" enough for 5 months. :( Munckin, I hope you're growing well inside of Mummy..

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After some "serious" discussion bout Munckin's future plans, I have decided to survey some daycare centres for little Munckin.

We have firmly decided that we won't invest on a maid.

#1) cost. Need to pay RM 7000 ++ when hiring, then the monthly salary. Nope..not happening.

#2) attitude + behaviour. With the current "maid" stories that we read/hear nowdays (stealing, lying, lazy, mental!), it's a risky to choice to have someone looking after your baby.

#3)reliability + dependability. It depends on your luck if you get a reliable maid or not. Yes, another risky business when it comes to hiring a maid.

Bottomline: we'll stick to daycare for now, until Munckin is ready for pre-school, or until another "adik" comes along. :P

Anyways, back to today, right after work, I started my day-care search.

1st day care: at my apartment.
Initially, this place was my first choice, cause it is convenient. Imagine, I get back from work, park my car, and I can straight away take Munckin from the daycare, and bring him/her up to our home.

But, when I went inside..errr...I was not impressed. The place needs touch-up: BADLY! The furniture were "old" looking, things were everywhere. Plus, they don't have an outdoor environment for these kids to play. Honestly, not really a place where I wanna send Munckin to..
Plus, the lady I spoke to.. she keeps on talking & talking... I think she has never heard of "comma" or "full stop". She started to talk about her sis-in-law's children, then about going for kindergarden courses, blah blah blah. I had to stop her to leave the place! O_o

So, this daycare will be my last choice. The "if-there's-no-other-place-to-go-I-*gulp*-have-to-send-Munckin-here" choice.They have about 20 kids, but only 4 babies. So that's a plus point. But still, I need to find elsewhere for Munckin.

2nd/ 3rd daycare: across my "taman"/ "suburb.
I didn't know the exact locations, but I saw banners & signage heading to the place. I saw 2 banners, followed the arrows, parked in front of the daycare & called the place. Unfortunately, BOTH daycare will only accept children 3 years & above. Bah~ Lucky thing I called, if not it would have been a "waste" of time. Next!

4th daycare: down the road from my crib.
I remember seeing this daycare across the road, so I've decided to check it out. I saw some ladies & some babies. Great! It is a Taska. Great! So, I headed in to this corner lot semi-D, and I must say..I was pretty impressed! The walls were very colourful. (Plus points, they have rainbows around too..I like!). The place was clean. Everything looks organized. So far, they have only 6 kids (5 toddlers, 1 baby). They have an outdoor environment, with a small slide, bicycle & such. And, they also open on Saturdays! So that's good.

The verdict: The 4th daycare is TOP of the list! I remembered when the lady was talking to me, I can feel Munckin turning around in me! (perhaps a sign of agreement! hehe). I have no doubts with this daycare. Plus, it is not far from my place. So yes, I love this place!

However, when I called Mr Ber to update him about my research, he didn't sound too happy cause he commented that this daycare cost RM100 more than the 1st daycare. I was trying to convince him that I rather pay extra for a good quality daycare rather than the pathetic daycare I saw earlier. But halfway thru, the line got cut off. Guess need to discuss further when he comes back.

Oh well, it will only be in January 2011 when Munckin joins a daycare centre. Let's hope we'll find the most suitable daycare by then..:)