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Finding Childcare
Giving birth has been, admittedly, my best and most difficult experience. It has been a major hurdle to get ample time to work, sleep and care for my baby. This is especially the case since I am a single parent. Furthermore, finding a house help who is not too demanding on their salary requirements has become difficult. There have also been cases where domestic workers harass children which is another reason that has highly discouraged me from hiring one. The only option left is to seek childcare.
On occasion, I was really pressed on this issue of finding childcare. I had consulted my friends on the best possible places to seek the same, since most of them had more than one child to care for and an equally busy schedule. Most therefore, admitted to taking children to childcare for the reason of getting care for their children while they were working. Some of them however, would complain stating that most of the childcare centers would often fail to give proper personalized care. If one went unannounced to the childcare centers, they would find that most of the children have been left unattended. Again, there were also cases of bullying in these centers, another reason which made it difficult for me to consider this option.
However, I also saw that a lot of benefits result from taking children to the childcare centers. One such, is that I now get a lot of time to myself, and hence get lower levels of stress. I get enough time to run my errands. This has also helped me lead a more organized and less hectic life, which has also increased my general output at work. I am also at peace since I know that the childcare center is of a good quality and hence well supervised. There is surveillance around the center all the time, which makes it easy to monitor how the baby is doing while at work. The management finds a way to connect what the cameras pick to the personal gadgets of those who have taken their children to the center. This creates much more peace of mind, since one is assured of proper care for his or her child.
Another reason finding childcare has had immense benefits is that my child is able to socialize with the other children, and hence prepare him for school in future. Before childcare, most afternoons would be spent alone with his toys, since I would mostly fall asleep while playing with him. This would make me feel sad for him since he would also end up falling asleep, or having no zeal to play with his toys. Again, the neighborhood barely has any other children he could go out to play with. The lack of age mates to play with would eventually slow his development, since he would not get to learn new things. Being with other children at the childcare has enabled him to take his fist steps faster, to gain more interest in play and to learn new words. The challenges he faces there such as being without me have also greatly helped him develop a sense of independence. While this may not be good for the parent-child bond, it makes it easier for him to be more independent minded and therefore more responsible in future. I however ensure that I am able to spent as much time as possible during the weekend and evenings, to find out what he has learnt.
