Starting from this month I’ve changed my son’s nursery because I didn’t feel he liked it there and I don’t think he learned anything.

Signs:

- he was so cranky when he came back home

- he didn’t want to go there the next day

- they lost his pics and I got pissed. I refused to bring anymore pics

- he was ill almost every week, actually from day one he got himself a cold

- one day he came back home with a bruise on his cheek, he was bit by a girl!

- his teacher couldn’t even spell his name right

- his teacher gave him candies

- his teacher seemed clueless on how to control her class

- his teacher would call one of the kids with a girl’s nickname, I felt so offended

I think the nickname was enough to make me want to drop him out asap.

Hassan grabs at the kid’s eyeballs without reason, his teacher is complaining and some parents have come forth and complained about my son’s violent behaviour. Today I talked to him and asked him not to beat up kids, I told him to behave. What should I do? Should I take him out before they kick him out? I’ve noticed he’s not social at all and most of the time he’s on his own. Kids are so scared of him. They probably have nightmares of him too! I’m afraid he’ll turn into a bully. I don’t want my child to hit other kids except in self-defense. I don’t use much force with him. I might shout, pretend I’m very cross and spank him if he’s done a very bad thing like playing with an electricity socket or pulling at my hair. Some parents burn their kids with a match as a form of punishment and tell me they love their kids to death, that’s abuse. I’m not like that and I don’t think I’m spoiling him? Is it too early to worry about this?

I couldn’t get my son to go to nursery today so I took him back home, I tried giving him candies bas makoo fayda! Maybe he was sleepy, anyways I’m not taking him tomorrow because the teacher told me there’s an outing for the older kids and the little kids will stay on their own at the nursery, so I’ll let him rest for a day or two until he makes up his mind. I hope he’ll start going again but what if he still doesn’t want to go? how can I make him want to go?

It’s his first week, actually it’s his 3rd day only and already he got a cold. I had a feeling since yesterday because he was acting real cranky, now he’s showing all the symptoms. I still don’t know whether I should let him rest tomorrow or not. I’ve seen a lot of parents still take their kids to the nursery in spite of their colds.

Today is Hassan’s first day at the nursery. All I can say it all went well, elhamdillah. I’m so proud of my baby. I just want to thank everyone who helped me find the right nursery. Choosing one wasn’t easy because there’s so many to choose from that it made so hard for me to decide, but in the end I decided the location is much more important. I’ll post his pics later.

Nurseries I checked out in the past couple of days but haven’t mentioned them in my previous posts were:

1. Bloomingdales - Dasmah, tel: 2544042 (Can’t say much because I couldn’t look around and classes were full anyways, but it’s location is a problem too)

2. Mortaqa - Rawda, tel: 2540237/8 (Loved it but it’s location is a problem again though it’s my best option now)

3. Bambino - Rawda, tel: 2521961 (Didn’t like it)

4. Al-Rashid - Just called them up now but I didn’t like their location, tel: 2548401/2

5. The English Bilingual Nursery - Rumaithiya, tel: 5618197-5618198 (Didn’t like it)

6. Gulf Montessori - Salwa, tel: 5650125 (Great location but classes were full so I didn’t look around, plus they were way too expensive)

7. Little House - Surra, tel: 5513468 (Didn’t like it)

8. Little me - Jabriya tel: 5340304 (Not bad, but the traffic will give me a hard time)

9. Al-Bashayer - Hateen tel: 6179900 (Didn’t like it and I’ll have to say why too. A kid was playing with the electricity socket and no body did anything about it)

10. There was another nursery in Mishref that I checked out yesterday, didn’t get their details but when I do I’ll post them right away, though I didn’t like it. It felt like a maze! Okay, it’s called Namothijiya, got thier number (tel: 7796113)

11. The English French Nursery - Mishref tel: 5394060 (They had Russian teachers for teaching English!)

One thing I had to add to this post is that yesterday I checked out Al-Burooj for the second time and even my sister-in-law dropped by earlier on the day. Both of us agreed that the place looked very nice and most importantly very clean but there was one thing we were very skeptical about, it’s whether kids would really learn anything or not. For now I don’t mind but later I’d want him to learn new things so I’m not sure on what I should base my decision now. It’s either I go for a nursery I know will benefit my son or just opt for a location that’s close to home. Two things that will always affect my decision at the end.

Note: if I do check out some more I’ll just update on this list.

Related posts: (Afnan Nursery, Kids World & Finding Nurseries)

Around 5:30pm yesterday Rami picked me up to check a nursery which he found about through an ad in the paper called Afnan in Bayan. This is an example of how an administration should be. The lady welcomed us in, was so friendly and had an answer to every question I shoot at her. She was very confident and knew a lot about everything.

Their place didn’t impress me much because of two things, the first was they didn’t offer kids any meals I had to bring his own meals and the second was they don’t have a nurse. The girl who showed us around told us they were moving into a newer building nearby in a month or two.

But overall, the nursery is not bad at all and I understand why they’re moving because their place is not big enough. The owner of the nursery will also give a speech to parents this week, I wish I can attend it because I really want to know more about what they have to offer in their newer place.   

Their number: 5395808

Prices on a yearly basis: KD 996