I resigned from my job after I've given birth to my LO. Now he is 17 months old n my mil kept asking me to send him to Childcare cos she said LO when being taken care by me learns n develops v slow .. e.g. Still can't self feed using spoon, can't speak many words yet. Etc .. I'm feeling v sad .. Did I do anything wrong by wanting to take care of my LO until 3 then send him to Childcare b4 I return back to work ? Sigh .. :(

Mum, are you protective? Time to go loose and let your baby run. 1st, are u able to train all the things that he learn to progress yourself? I didn’t work, was a sahm when i send to childcare at 18 months, minimum 18 months to go, if not they will be under infant care instead. I send because i want my kids make friends and learn more other things that i don’t know what the teachers will teach the kids. Depend on your own comfort, i’m proud to say, my son is promoted to n2 last year because teacher realized he is no longer suitable to mix with n1 as the age gap is quite big. He went n2 for half a year last year, and this year he promoted to k1 and he is not even 4 years old yet, he can read and do many things on his own that even some at k1 or k2 cannot handle. He even can play clay on his own. And i save on enrichment , as teacher are helping him to unleashed all his potential. That’s make me a proud mum. Don’t feel bad sending him to childcare if you need to, i send them to childcare because kids encourage each other, my kids was scared of paint because dirty, but be can do painting so well that the teacher are impressed by the different. So childcare isn’t a very bad choices, just choose the right one.
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