Trying Out "School" For Erik
From the title of this post, Mummy and Daddy have decided to enroll Erik into Mummy's work near-site day care center for a while. Grandma Katy is currently in New York, since she hurt her hand/wrist, she needed to see her doctor and as originally suspected by us, it was a very bad sprain. She has been advised not to lift anything heavy for a while. Well, Erik constitutes as heavy! So we didn't want to take a chance with Grandma Katy re-injuring her wrist while taking care of Erik. As a result of all the happenings, we've decided to take this opportunity to enroll Erik into the "school" since they have ONE opening despite the long wait list.
For parents-to-be or for those thinking of becoming parents. Be sure to look into day care options well before hand!! Unless you have a committed loving relative or one of you plan on staying home to take care of baby, a good quality day care center is extremely hard to come by. We've visited a few schools in our area and we were really only comfortable with Mummy's work one and their wait list was extremely long for infants (like a 3 to 4 months wait!) but it was just by pure chance that they had ONE opening for now and that's when we need it.
So our plan is to have Erik in the day care for the next two months (December & January), allowing Grandma Katy to heal her wrist and hand thoroughly. By that time, February will come along and it will be time for us to go home to Bhutan for Erik to meet his Great Grandpa and Great Grandma along with all the Granduncles and Grandaunties. Just in time for Chinese New Year. We are very much looking forward to that trip home!! By the time we come back, Grandma Katy will resume her loving Grandma self and take care of Erik.
It seems to be a win-win trial period. Erik will get to play & learn with his peers, most of his playdates are already in the day care center. He will get a bit of social learnings for the next two months. Grandma Katy gets to rest and spend some quality time with her other son, her sister, and mother in New York. Mummy & Daddy gets to experience what its like to be "on their own".
Of course with that said, Daddy is quite sad to be sending Erik off to "school" for the next two months. Even though Daddy himself went to boarding school since 2nd grade (6-7 years old), Erik is only a little over 7 months so it's hard!! Sigh! More to report next week, it will be Erik's first day at "school".
For parents-to-be or for those thinking of becoming parents. Be sure to look into day care options well before hand!! Unless you have a committed loving relative or one of you plan on staying home to take care of baby, a good quality day care center is extremely hard to come by. We've visited a few schools in our area and we were really only comfortable with Mummy's work one and their wait list was extremely long for infants (like a 3 to 4 months wait!) but it was just by pure chance that they had ONE opening for now and that's when we need it.
So our plan is to have Erik in the day care for the next two months (December & January), allowing Grandma Katy to heal her wrist and hand thoroughly. By that time, February will come along and it will be time for us to go home to Bhutan for Erik to meet his Great Grandpa and Great Grandma along with all the Granduncles and Grandaunties. Just in time for Chinese New Year. We are very much looking forward to that trip home!! By the time we come back, Grandma Katy will resume her loving Grandma self and take care of Erik.
It seems to be a win-win trial period. Erik will get to play & learn with his peers, most of his playdates are already in the day care center. He will get a bit of social learnings for the next two months. Grandma Katy gets to rest and spend some quality time with her other son, her sister, and mother in New York. Mummy & Daddy gets to experience what its like to be "on their own".
Of course with that said, Daddy is quite sad to be sending Erik off to "school" for the next two months. Even though Daddy himself went to boarding school since 2nd grade (6-7 years old), Erik is only a little over 7 months so it's hard!! Sigh! More to report next week, it will be Erik's first day at "school".
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