Decided to put Regine in full day child care after FIL's condition did not improve. Well, guess there is always THE FIRST TIME...
Had brought Regine to the centre to get her accustomed to the new environment at the childcare centre at TLL last Saturday when they had their open house. Managed to leave her alone with the teachers while I attended a talk in another room. No cries, no shrieks, but partly because my maid was around then.
First day at school seemed exciting for Regine. She was fascinated by the playground and kept pulling me towards that direction. Tried all the different tricycles available there.
Loved the playground. Loved the different toys available. Loved the various story books to keep her occupied. Loved her new Elmo bag.
Guess Gine was not even aware that she will be spending most of her days here while Daddy and Mummy are working. 
No more Barney shows, day-in, day-out. No more eggs and biscuits in the morning at Nai Nai's house.
Everything is so systematic and Gine has to follow the schedule and adhere to the school rules:
9am - 9:30am - Playground time (Water play on Fridays)
9:30am - 10am - Wash up and water (all children are made to sit round the table to drink water)
10am - 11am - Lesson time (where Teachers will teach them new knowledge - songs, nursery rhymes, story time, art & craft etc)
11am - Lunch
12 noon - Wash up and prepare for nap
By 12.30pm, most of the kids would have fallen asleep. For those on half day programmes, their parents would have picked them by then.
3pm - Wake up and wash up
3.30pm - Tea break
4pm - Free time (where the kids will play with toys, play dough, cooking etc)
Most of the parents will start picking their kids up from the child care, starting from 4:30pm (since they are researchers and their working hours are more flexible). Poor gine, she will always be the last or the 2nd last kid there whenever I pick her up (though there are other infants around in the infant room).
Guess Gine needs more time to adapt to her new life in childcare and I believe she can do it (Well, she definitely has the genes of Mummy Barney :P)
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