ChildCare - Discovery Garden

Knowing Janelle's medical condition and with her delayed developmental, many mainstream childcare and playgroup and even Integrated Child Care Programme (ICCP) childcare had rejected our enrollment application. Finally, i found a childcare that willing to takes in Janelle and very near to my mom's place. She is now attending morning half day at Discovery Garden Childcare, taking one level lower than her age group and need to have my helper to be around to assist her on some activites which i'm fine. My main purpose is to gives her more exposure and spending more time doing things with a purpose instead of staying at home and play with self or pushing the chairs without a meaning. I'm not withdrawing her from EPIC at Rainbow Center as she still needs the Therapy sessions and Teachers with special needs trained to help her in many areas, and since she is now having school holiday, so i need to fill up some activities for her.

Preparation:
As Janelle rainbow center class are at 1pm, so we have been enforcing her to take nap twice a day. One at 10.30am to 12pm, another from 4pm to 5.30pm and her night time is from 10pm to 7pm. So, enrolling into childcare center means her napping time and EPIC class need to be move. Submitted to move her 2012 EPIC Class to 3.15pm to 5.15pm session and it's approved. And a week ago, i have started to move her nap time and the idea timing is 1pm to 3pm and night time from 9pm to 8am. It's not easy, she is not able to tahan till 1pm then nap, and she refused to go to bed at 9pm but slowly we are reaching.

Things to buy:
- Toothbrush and toothpaste + mug
- Sandals

Days in Discovery Garden
Day 1 - with mummy -

• Woke up by herself 8am



• very good.



• She enjoyed the morning exercises and sing-a-long session.



• At the end of the session, she even followed her classmate Queuing up for lunch. Able to follow the crowd.



• But she refused to have the lunch there.



• We leave early at about 12pm as dont wish to overwhelm her



• Was very tired and took 3 hrs nap which mess up my scheduled timing. And only to bed at 10pm.

Day 2 - without mummy -

• Mummy woke her up at 8.15am



• No good, had been very cranky



• Granny to her rescue at 11am, mama told me once she stepped out of the school, she was smiling and clapping her hands



• Refused to have lunch at 11am, went to nap immediately once reached granny place.



• She had stomach upset and diarrhoea for 3 times.



• Dinner at 5pm



• When mummy was home, she becomes very sticky... stick stick stick to mummy.



• When OT, she is good. Enjoying herself and has better responsive and awareness.



• Daddy put her to bed at 9pm

Day 3 - with mummy (half session)

• Better than Day 2



• Woke up at 7.30pm by herself.



• when mummy was around, she was very good. With mummy hand over hand, she joined in the morning exercise and outdoor activities happily.



• when mummy not around, helper feedbacked that she is a bit cranky



• Refused to have the lunch there again



• We stayed a little longer today, she brushed her teeth and bath there too.



• Once we reached home, she had half portion of her lunch crankily + a bottle of milk and nap.



• very sticky still... stick stick stick to mummy



• She was ok in the afternoon, she distrubing jiejie. Pushing chair and playing ok. But once she heard daddy voice, she becomes a cranky baby.



• refused to have dinner, mummy and daddy had to sing song to clam her down, carried under daddy arms and slowly feed her.



• Mummy put her to bed at 9pm

hmmm.. when writting this post, i'm thinking.
- Refused to have lunch - maybe by 11.30am, she is very tired. Dont feel like eating anymore. + without her Hi5... hmm, nothing i can do, i need her to adpot to this scheduled and removed her bad habit watching Hi5 with meals. Slowly, and i believe she can.
- Sticky, my colleague told me this is normal as her child (normal mainstream child) also behave the same way.
- Should i put her to bed early, so that she can has a longer night time? Will she?



Keeping my fingers and toes crossed and praying that she will be better.