back to the pre-school topic. i must admit that i'm pretty glad that baby c is not walking yet. the minute after i enrolled him, i started to miss him. crazy right? i started having doubts about sending him to school. is he too young? too small? how would he communicate? how would the teacher treat him? will he cry a lot or not at all? then i kept on seeing his pitiful crying face in my head. and my heart would break and ache. then after a round of these questions in my head, logic and sanity would come in. i would go back to all the reasons why i enrolled him in the first place. to let him mingle, socialise, play with other kids and to give myself a break. besides, i reasoned, if he really didn't like pre-school or if it upsets him too much, i'd pull him out and try again the next term.
ever since we started talking about school, baby c has decided to stick to a routine (he dumped his routines when he was about 6 months old. and it was hell!). on his own, at the start of this year, he has decided that he will take his nap in the mornings (he dropped all his naps the same time he dropped his routine at 6 months). so now, it is even easier having him at home with me. see my dilemma? he now sleeps anywhere from 10am onwards till 12noon. stays awake the whole afternoon then goes to bed by 8pm or even earlier. before this he started going to bed whenever he wanted to; at 9, 10 or even 11pm and still woke at 6am and did not nap at all during the day! needless to say, i was very burnt out during those months. but now that things have settled back into a predictable routine, i get a break and breathing room, it's wonderful again to have baby c with me at all times. so.........him not walking yet, is not a bad thing. he can take all the time he wants for all i care.