Charlotte experience in CC

Yes! Charlotte is in childcare! Hahahha... speaking from an excited mother! Unlike what I hear about mummy crying with their young ones during the start of their cc journey... I think I am the "strong" mummy whom can be seen as quite "cruel" hahhahahah.... I can smile and wave and say "bye bye" (in a happy tone) to my crying gal every morning! :P (maybe drive crazy by the maid... desperate to get my girl to get used to school)


Before Charlotte started school, I did a page of Charlotte's routine and behavior as requested by the principal. But I guess the teacher din really read or maybe they do... but I dun think they can remember every thing.... Plus Charlotte join them at this period where there is a change of teachers.
Charlotte started school on 1 June. And Daddy took a day off so I get daddy whom she is less attached to to join her in 1st day of the school. Prior to that, Charlotte has visited the school twice, once to view the school, another time to collect her uniform.

She was excited, perhaps she thought it was like her sat class where daddy or mummy will follow.... Father being father, he sneaked out after like 15 min and went back and out again for coffee... That was not the original plan. The plan was for us to follow her 3 full days... She did not cry while she was there. She was in the school till 1+pm and refuse to sleep when Daddy went back to her. We brought her home. Teacher advise us to let go from day 2 onwards based on her behavior. Teacher say its normal for her to cry on day 2 and it would be best if she dun.

The challenge come... Day 2, I ask Daddy to bring her in and she cry when daddy is leaving... a Chinese teacher took over and she cry till she vomit... I was a bit soft-hearted and wanted to go to her and follow her for the rest of the day.... But I know once I give in... That's it! Hard to let go... and we have "come so far"..... We left the center and I was feeling bad... I send daddy to work and went back to school to peep at her... She is in her favorite teacher class... She was settled but occasionally weeping.... I kinda understand why the teacher say children are good are "emotionally threatening" their parents.... I joined Charlotte in her class at 3 and stay till 5pm... I really take my hat off the teacher.... Children nowadays are so difficult to manage!


Day 3, She kinda know what will happen so she refused to let go... Nick accompanied her for a while and we left the crying, vomited girl to the teacher care... This time round.. my heart is stronger... I did not return to peep on her...hahahha At noon time, her teacher call for the regular update and said she is doing fine and she took lesser time to settle down... which is a good sign.... I picked her up at 5pm and she show sign of like "want to cry" but I ignored that and ask her to play with her friends... she started playing and refuse to go home! Until I lure her with the yogurt.

And over the weekend she fell sick with cough and fever... I was still quite keen to bring her to school Monday! hahahhah... I am like the excited mother trying to test the result... hahahha... Monday morning I check her temp and she was fine... so we brought her to school and she start to panic... she was crying and she fail the temperature test! The teacher refuse to let her go in with the mild fever which I suspect the raise in temp is due to her crying... She was so happy that we are going back.... and back home, her temp is back to normal and she was playing happily at her grandma place.
Tuesday mark the start of the new week in school... she din get nervous until doing the usual test at the door... she started screaming and crying... We just shoved her to the teacher and we went off... I was waiting anxiously for the regular update from the school during lunch time.. but the teacher did not call... I called up and the teacher say Charlotte is doing well.... I ask about the portion of food they served as she look damn hungry back home every evening. I decided to increase her noon milk intake.

Wednesday to Friday she attended school... her panic starts when the maid left the car to my mum place... she knows she is going to school... her cry in the morning become shorter and the panic attack started earlier and earlier... hahahha....


Today is her 1st week to school on her own and I can feel that overall she likes going to the school... Everyday I will ask her after school if she likes school and she sound good... She cant speak well... but her vocab is building up! The good thing with kids not able to speak yet to school is they cannot bargain with you! hahah... Though she started to say "Dun want" now.... hahahha.... The bad thing is, U cant find out from them what they do in school.

Beginning part of the week, I tried to check with the teacher if she poo in school... and we made her sit on the potty...Later part of the week, the teacher did not call and update... I was concerned if she did pass motion in school... and I asked her everyday and she say "Got" to everything! I ask her, U got play in school? She reply "Got", U got sleep in school? She reply "Got". U got eat ice cream? She reply "Got"... U got poo poo in school? She reply "Got" and the following day when I ask her teacher after school... to my horror, she haven pass motion for 2 days! She passed motion back at home...
Her school has this comm book and parents can write their question on the book but the reply varied... I think also depends on how busy is the teacher... They have this sheet in the book which will state if the child finish her food and if she have BM (bowel movement)... They sometimes will state if she finish her milk and what time but most of them them they dun indicate....

Overall, I am happy to bring Charlotte to school... and really hope for the day to come where she can wave happily good bye to me at the gate every morning... Hahhahaha... I guess it will take a while... I made 2 friends (mummies of her classmates) from the school.... Nick say I am very kua zhang... cos I try to make friends with Charlotte's friends' mummy... I say wont u want to know the family background of your daughter's friends? Actually mummies have a lot to share... hahahha.... can also get to learn from other mummies' experience with the childcare... one of the mummy told me her elder daughter who is in the same school took 6 motnhs to get used to the virus.. hahahha... and the other girl mummy told me her daughter is OK with going to school but occasionally when she got new friends who cry in class or dun want to go school, she will go back and tell her mum she dun want to go school too!

Today is the weekend before Father's Day... and Charlotte brought back a stall of flower and a card... The daddy gets to receive his 1st father's day pressie from his little princess... I haven receive anything lor....

I think Charlotte is still trying to get used to school life... for the past few days she looked super exhausted and slept at 8 plus which is quite early for her... Nick say maybe they move non-stop in school... I also found out that the school dun wash their hair everyday...hahahha But I requested for hair wash everyday! Cos the weather is so hot! I am excited to see how Charlotte will react to school next week! :)