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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Sitting with two in my lap..

Kautu on the chair armrest and Kachi on my lap, as I type away, I realise that I just don't want to send them to play school so early, would in fact prefer joining work two months later so that they cross two when they join school. Would someone convince my husband that a two months loss of pay is bearable? Or is it not? I don't know. We are just mildly out of some financial crisis and thats why it is so critical that I get back. Critical and heart wrenching, cause I sent of the previous maid and now, I cannot leave them at home but have to compromise for a playschool cum daycare centre (as all the play schools are closed for summer) for the next two months. The montessori we have chosen opens in June and till then, I plan to send them in the mornings to a day care and that is sooo difficult. I am still going to work from home for Krithika, but its near impossible to do that with these two hanging around! Even as I type, one is busy standing on the chair behind me and trying to ursup my place and the other is trying to push him out of the chair. Oh...what do I do? What just do I do? This question has been eating my head for the past two weeks, it comes in my sleep and every waking moment. When I see them playing peacefully, I tell myself I can actually manage keeping them at home and working, but the next moment, they turn on each other and then I am sure that I need to send them to a place where they will be occupied and will not get bored of just playing with each other. And these feelings keep oscillating and time is running out. I need to join back by April 7 and if they have to go to school, then I need get them comfortable there at least two weeks before. We actully tried sending them to a day care. They were playing happily when we left. We bought diapers and bottle and returned in 15 min to find Kachi clutching onto the gate and bawling his heart out and Kautu sitting in the swing and crying. Aw..we just couldn't leave them after seeing that and Karthik and I bundled our precious goods into the car and came straight back home. I know kids do tend to cry when they join school, but I guess we are just not ready for it still!! Anyways, if anyone has a suggestion, please do tell me about it. I am truly in a big dilemma right now!!!

7 comments:

FourLeafClover said...

Wow... three little ones? My hat is off to you. I have a two year old and a 8 month old and I feel tired all the time!

BangaloreMom said...

Hi Krishnapriya

I completely understand how difficult it must be. It tool me three false starts and a couple of breaks from my job before I finally became brave enough to put my son in daycare. Yes, the first few days can be heart wrenching. But the idea is to prepare them for it and talk to them about it. You can find books such as 'My first day at pre-school' in Landmark. They are picture books which show the kid coming to school, making friends etc. And then it shows how the mom picks up the kid at the end of the day. Show them these pics and explain to them that they will have a lot of fun at school/dc and then you will come and pick them up. Hope it helps!!

mnamma said...

KP,
BangaloreMom sums it all pretty well. You can introduce them to books with pictures showing kids going to school. I can empathize with you in not wanting to send them to preschool/day care before they turn two. Is it possible for your Mom/Dad or ILs to come and stay with you for some time until they get ready to go to school? It would be easier for you to work from home if there is someone to help you out with the boys.

Meera said...

Kpppp.. How are you doing? They are old enough to get to playschool.. love to all the three and good luck to you da.

IBH said...

u have ur hands full and my my u are doing well for urself...i guess what froths the first is what u need to take it...i suggest that u go to work but like ho wu mentioened after 2 months till they turn 2...waited so long..so 2 more months aint going to get u great money right?so stick to it and join afer 2 months and then u can be happy as to thinking u did what u wanted :) might be u can put me on phone with karthik? :))

anyways all the best gal!

Aditi's Album said...

Hi KP,
Its been a month since I returned to work and almost 6 weeks since my 1 yr old joined nursery. Its terrible at first to move away from a crying child and I would wait outside the closed door and wait for her to stop. I should admit that the carers here gave me enough confidence right from the start. I started with 2 hours,moved to 3 hours, gradually increasing to about 6 hours ove 2 weeks before I put her for a whole day (9-5). But start quickly for there is no time to loose. In spite of having prepared myself(yes, first prepare yourself) I cried as I left her in the nursery on the first day I went to work. I called them almost every couple of hours to ensure she was fine. I would pop in during lunch to see if she was alright. Last week, she stopped srying in the mornings when I leave her and started waving good bye to me. That was a special feeling and now she enjoys her nursery a lot more and is comfortably adjusted. Requires patience and lots of courage. But we've all been there and you can manage too. Good luck

Imp's Mom said...

Whoa!! 3 little ones....hats of to you lady! and here i am struggling with one :P

dunno where i got here from, can I add you to my list?