matt
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Ooh that's a pretty hectic decision dude
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Ooh that's a pretty hectic decision dude
Wyvern
Khaleesi
Also know you can ask me for babysitting duty if you need it. Especially since I might be jobless soon
Blazzok
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Damn matt, that really is not cool.
I might just physically hurt the person who does that to my child. I'd definitely follow that up, for the other kids' sake.
I hope you guys find a new school for him that works for you guys and for him.
Fivel
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Very worrying. At the school we had both our boys at the eldest one came home one day saying that one of the helpers had hit him on the head. We raised it with the principal and the school then brought in someone external and independent to investigate (std practice for the school).
On the biting, both my boys gave and received a couple of bites but then they grew out of it. School rules are that they would deal with every incident of biting but if a child was a repeat offender they eventually would be asked to leave the school.
oltman
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Flip, I am getting all worked up here about Matt's laaitie! I would not contain myself! I have no problem with my girl coming home from school with scuffed knees, elbows and whatever other "fun" injuries she picks up from just being a child. But any adult handle her like that and I would flip. My gut feel is you are too soft on the school. But I also tend to have knee-jerk reactions without thinking stuff through too much. So points to you for keeping your cool!
When we looked for a day care centre for our little girl, we checked out so many places. Things that put me off immediately:
- walking into a room and the kids just sit there like zombies.
- coming to see a school and the principal and teachers showing us around for 20 minutes and not ONCE even looking at the baby in the seat I am carrying.
- the lack of proof of first aid training
Her current school has some extra nice features like CCTV in the classes, so if she comes home with a hand mark like that I can actually ask for the video.
hope the little guy settles into a new school soon! My girl has loves her school and she has been going from 6 months (one of the negative things about having working parents)
When we looked for a day care centre for our little girl, we checked out so many places. Things that put me off immediately:
- walking into a room and the kids just sit there like zombies.
- coming to see a school and the principal and teachers showing us around for 20 minutes and not ONCE even looking at the baby in the seat I am carrying.
- the lack of proof of first aid training
Her current school has some extra nice features like CCTV in the classes, so if she comes home with a hand mark like that I can actually ask for the video.
hope the little guy settles into a new school soon! My girl has loves her school and she has been going from 6 months (one of the negative things about having working parents)
PsychoFish
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@Matt, you ever get that thing resolved with the school?
matt
Local caffeine junky
Well I threw my toys with the principal a few times and she's interviewed her entire staff. My kid's teacher said that it might have been her because she was busy changing his nappy when my wife arrived, which was also what my wife said, and apparently he tried to jump off the changing table and she caught him by his arm. Sounds possible but still.... if your job entails changing loads of nappies every day, would you really not know to keep a hand on the kid while he's on the table. They often try jump off.
Probably as much of a story as I'll get but now we're keeping him home till he's 2 and try somewhere else when he can be in a bigger kid class that should be more stimulating than the baby class as well. It's another 4 months but I don't think he'd handle going to another school so soon.
Probably as much of a story as I'll get but now we're keeping him home till he's 2 and try somewhere else when he can be in a bigger kid class that should be more stimulating than the baby class as well. It's another 4 months but I don't think he'd handle going to another school so soon.
VirtualForce
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Are you in the Alberton area perhaps? Know of a great place where my son stayed from ~5 months old.
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matt
Local caffeine junky
Na, we're out on the West Rand so Alberton would be way too far. There's a new Optibaby opening at Eagle Canyon, which looks really nice and is close by, pretty expensive though
Nemesis
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@matt
It was you looking for a kids bed if I remember right? I was in Cradlestone Mall and saw themed kids bed marked at R999. This was at their Toys R Us, so maybe a Toys R Us nearby you has the same?
Also, my son spoke Spanish today to me. I was like "Huh?" and he replied "It's Spanish daddy!". Thank you Dora.
It was you looking for a kids bed if I remember right? I was in Cradlestone Mall and saw themed kids bed marked at R999. This was at their Toys R Us, so maybe a Toys R Us nearby you has the same?
Also, my son spoke Spanish today to me. I was like "Huh?" and he replied "It's Spanish daddy!". Thank you Dora.
BeoTeK
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Dora Dora Dora the explorer! Comos das mi amigos.
Back pack back pack. Back pack back pack.
PsychoFish
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Hopefully the Dora era is coming to an end.
PsychoFish
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Luckily mine has not really discovered TV yet. He does like listening to Pink, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift though.
matt
Local caffeine junky
Ya, but my in-laws got him one off of OLX the other day. He's nuts about that bed, and he's already smacked his face on the side because he insists on jumping on it. He keeps saying things like "Car bed yay!". We can't even close the door to that room now or he cries.
Nemesis
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My kid would be soooo jealous of that bed... pretty neat!
matt
Local caffeine junky
It is pretty cool hey, Had to do a bit of reinforcement because it's second hand and some of the joints weren't so lekker, but it's more solid now. And the headlights function as night lights, which is lekker
ClockworkNinja
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I have a question for the dads out there. My boy is in an educare now. They are already teaching him to write. He can almost write his name flawlessly. He gets homework and projects too. He is 3. Is it too soon for all this? I'm scared that he will grow up too quick and miss the whole point of being a kid. It's just the 2 of us and I know nothing about being a parent. I thought the educare would be the best for him but now I'm not so sure anymore.
PsychoFish
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Mine is a bit young (7 months) for real experience, but I think you are doing the right thing. As long as your kid seems happy.
Fivel
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Wow, 3 is young for homework and projects and to be able to write his name at 3 is an awesome achievement. It does seem very early for the homework and projects - our 3 year old boy manages to scribble when he draws but is nowhere near ready to write.
It does seem that educare push the kids, IMHO it seems very young and they may be missing out of the joys of just being a kid. This may work for parents who enjoy pushing their kids from a very young age. I tested this with my wife and we'd rather have our kids happy and content at school than having to push them from such a young age -the pressure builds so quickly from Grade 1. I think that you already have your answer with you seeming discomfort, perhaps discuss with the school first before making any further decisions.
BTW there is no manual that comes with kids, we all started out feeling lost
