nursery

nursery? a big word that will bring a lot of emotions within a working mother... same la macam i, takkala kaki melangkah untuk meninggalkan anak di nursery, pasti berdoa, "ya allah, peliharalah anaku dari perkara-perkara yang tidak baik" as there is reason for this..

i baru 3 bulan berpindah ke merbok, sungai petani, kedah... a big alhamdulillah, syukurian ya allah :) so, my child, anas arsyad being put to a very ad-hoc nursery yang i sempat carik, pusing2 kat taman lembah bujang indah, nampak nursery, trus walkin, daftar, esok hantar....

@first, alhamdulillah, semuanya ok, nursery nampak bersih as it only being operated within this year, rumah semi-d corner lot... then there are only 3 babies and 4 todlers including my child with 2 nursey nurse.. i pun k lah kan, sikit jer budaknya, inspection pun dah buat sekejap, ok....

i start putting my child here in June 5, 2011.. everything seems ok, my child although will had a big scream at the morning, but still being tread nicelly.. as days pass by, then i realize something... the nursery is not very well managed, due to lack of experince of the owner, there are no schedule for kids activities, the kids benig left watching tv all the time...but still ican tolare with this, semua orang perlukan masa untuk mahir dalam sesuatu perkara....

within second month, masa i pick up anas arsyad, i perasan ada darah kat bibir die... then i tanya lah nursery nurse to, kenapa dengan mulut anas arsyad... barulah die ceriter, anas arsyad main rocking chair baby, diaorg tak perasan, then anas arsyad jatuh, menangis... belek2, i perasan ada bibir anas macam bengkak, patut la mas ai datang die asyik tunjuk2 mulut die... tak lama pas tue, i perasan lak, gigi depan anas terpatah, dah somping... benci btul, hangin i seharian... sian tau, anas arsyad sehari dua tu asyik tunjuk mulut die, mungkin tak selesa... i mmg buat muka masa amik anas arsyad, just x bising2 lah, xsopan namanya...

then, b4 puasa, i spend quite a long stay at the nursery, tanya elok2 kat nursery nurse, blh ke i amik anas pkl 6pm lbh, coz class i hari selasa, rabu, khamis mmg habis pukul 6, nursery nurse tu jawab dgn penuh confident dan ayat yang tingalkan kesan taman bunga harum mewangi kat hati i, alhamdulillah, suke lah i :)  masa tibanya bulan ramadhan, i ditanya, blh tak amik anas arsyad @5pm, coz da nursery nurse nak blk, nk masak.. alasanya husband die sakit... as a human beings, i still can tolare, ye lah, sape nk sakit kan... i pun dah penin lalat... bincang2, nursery nurse tu kata, xperlah, nanti die bwk blk umah die, then die hantar blk... i pun lega, kata i, kalu i blh blk awl, i amik la my child, tak pun, i yang g her house... so prob settle... tup2, i dpt call kate the ither nursesry nurse can stay back, so amik kat nursery je lah... herm, well, fine...

then, inccident yang sangat buat i geram, happen yesterday... masa i dalam class about 4.10pm, i receive a call from the nursery, dapat berita, anas arsyad, jatuh, terkena pencil colour kat kenin die.. nursery nurse tu dah bwk g clinic, dpt ubat demam n ubat ape g satu i xpasti... well, i to thanks fo her fast action bringing anas arsyad to clinic, but there is some weird feeling within my herad... i want to stop this... need a new nursery!

so guys, there are a lot of thing to be considered before chosing a good nursery, i would like to share what i had found while googling around.... do hope this gonna be a general guideline:

* Ratio of children to nursery nurse

* Percentage of QUALIFIED staff (many will be training)
* Accident policy (ie will you have to collect your child at short notice if there is an
  accident, some nurseries may want you to come for a bump to the head!)

* do they adjust to fit your childs routine
* what would happen if someone else needed to pick your child up who hadnt been to the nursery

* prices/holidays/opening times
* Staff turnover
* Menu examples
* Is the food prepared on site daily
 source: http://www.netmums.com/

as a conclusions, do choose a great nursery for ur kids.