How to choose a childcare centre/ nursery for your kid?

If you are a new parent, choosing a childcare centre or a nursery can give you quite a headache or you may not even care much and think that all child care centres are the same.

Well, I wouldn't agree that all child care centres are the same but here are some things to consider when you choose a child care centre or a nursery for your child.

1. Opening and closing time - If you are a working parent and you are responsible to send and pick your kids from the centre, you have to choose a centre which has the opening and closing time which works for your office hours. If you often work slightly late, some centres are able to have your child for an extra hour or two with additional charges while some strictly do not provide any leniency.

2. Transportation - Having transportation option from the childcare centre to your home can be quite useful if you are a stay at home parent or have a guardian to care for your child at home.

List of Registered Childcare Centres & Nurseries in Malaysia

When it comes to finding for a childcare centre or a nursery for your little one in Malaysia, where do you start?

Well, you can always start of with finding registered nurseries and child care centre which are registered with the Malaysian Welfare Department.

How do you find these nurseries?

1. All you need to do is go to this Malaysian Welfare Department link.

Top 3 Free Apps For Baby & Toddlers 1, 2 & 3 years old - Monki Mun

If you are looking for advertisement free and free android apps for your baby and toddlers but want something more than just ABCs and 123s, check out Monki Mun apps.

I would consider their apps more oriented towards creativity and building your child's fine motor skills. Besides that, the visuals are very colourful and it is advertisement free =)

They have several apps which I had downloaded for my son. See below!

1. Monki Birthday Party

This app theme is about celebrating the main character's birthday. Your toddler gets to choose the birthday cake for the main character. Then he/she has to place (more like drag) ten candles on to the cake and everyone will sing the Birthday Song.

Once the song is completed, your child has to assist them to blow out the candles. It is a great app for your kid to learn about counting numbers (because they have to drag the candles one at a time) and also a great way to learn a new song which is the Birthday Song!

Much Guilt Being a Mother

I constantly feel guilty.

Feeling guilty that my son has both parents separated. Sometimes I feel I didn't do enough to keep the relationship going even though I know both side played a part.

Feeling guilty of leaving my son when I go to work. After two months of work away from my son, it is still quite hard to accept that I have to be away from him most of the day.

Feeling guilty of being so tired every single day even during weekends that I am not able to spend much quality time with my son.