Children and Kindergarten

That's the reason why i put my kids into occasional care / kindy when they were 2 for all those reasons like social skills, communication etc, and the teachers are great arent they?

Exactly right, my daughter started school in term 2 this year at the end of April, and she loved school. She was so ready for school, and she hasnt' looked back. She now tells me that she didn't like kindy, which is a good thing in a way.

My daughter was 3 when i toilet trained her, and they just followed my lead when she was in knickers and asked me what i was doing with her, and that is exactly what they did so she didn't get confused and made both of our jobs easier.

Thanks heaps for your comments.

Yeah, i've heard of that. If they're over a certain age, and still in nappies, they won't take the child. I'm unsure of why, but have heard it can happen.

Thankyou so much.

That's exactly right. If you didn't love the job, you wouldn't be doing it.. Totally agree.  Yeah, that's how my youngest daughter is now, even though she's got 4 older siblings, and taking her to kindy, has bought out the confidence in her so much.

I agree, they do learn soooooooo much in kindergarten. thanks heaps for the vote of confidence, and very happy you agree and think like i do and the rest of the poeple who've commented.

That sounds like a great routine you have for the whole family. Really organised. Well done. Yeah i also agree that i think you need to have some time to yourself with out your children. Sounds cruel, but it's not in a way. the children need to learn to be away from at some point in their life and school and kindergarten is the source.

Sounds as you both have a great weekend and week. Good on you all.

That's wonderful you had a child through IVF, so your child is just that extra special to you, and understand exactly where you're coming from too. I was like that though with my first, but i didn't go through IVF, and i didn't want other people to look after my first child either and had the same attitude as well like you, but i figured they need the seperation time etc and learn so much from when they're at kindy and other kids too.

Yeah, totally agree with you with the last sentence you said.

No problems at all. Thankyou also for your kind words. True friend. thankyou.

OMG you have Mainly Music there! That's fantastic! We don't have it here but we had it where we lived before.  We had to move town and now we can't go but it was the most wonderful introduction to music and socialising a child could have.  As a SAHM I personally never did use childcare it was only when I started work that I put her in but we did this:
Monday: Mother and Baby Morning Tea Group 9:30 to 11:30
Tuesday: Swimming Morning with other mums and their under 5's 9:30 to 11:00
Wednesday: Playgroup 9:00 to 11:00
Thursday: Mainly Music 9:30 to 12:00 followed by lunch at a local cafe that was close by
Friday: Australian Breastfeeding Association Meeting/coffee mornings every 2nd week, on the off-weeks we'd just meet at the park 9:30 to 12

Weekends varied from week to week, we'd travel a bit to see relatives in different towns on weekends or we'd have visitors who worked through the week.

Either way she got to socialise heaps during the week and learnt lots yet remained close to me.  I didn't have any days left to put her into childcare.  We also went to the pool from 3:30 to 5pm every day.  We had season passes.  The afternoons were just the 2 of us or sometimes we'd go with family or friends.  That was her routine until she was about 15 months old when I couldn't afford these and I couldn't afford the petrol anymore so a few months later she had to go to daycare and I had to go to work  but she got a good start at least even if I wasn't able to keep it up.

Sounds as though your life is kept really busy. But i guess it beats being bored at home, and at least yoru children are always active which is great to see.

I totally agree with what you've said about the children need to interact with other children. Agree 100%,. This is great advice also.

When i was younger the statement that you said that once a child turns 5 they can go straight into school is true, as i started on my birthday, but now if they turn 5 in December or January, they go to school the first term but if they turn 5 during a school term, they have to wait until the term ends, then start school the next term, so basically, they are 5 in kindy still until the next term.

Yeah, great point there about how they learn responsibilities also. Never thought of that. Hope this answers your question. Hugs.

My child also now has more chores on her list, and she still does put cutlery away, and now she puts containers, plates etc away, and she also puts her clothing and most of her toys back into the containers, or in her bedroom. The older they get the more responsibility they get.

Yeah, my kids always get rewards etc, which i think boosts their morals etc, and help out more when needed. If i reward them, they reward me, which is awesome. Thanks heaps for the great comment you left