Bb_hc, I've told my boss that I'm quitting and I'm clearing my CCL and AL now. I'm tendering my resignation letter after I get my letter for my bonus. Only after that then I'll be considered as a SAHM.
Lynn, that's the exact reason I don't want to send my girl to IFC. First of all, I really can't bear to let her go there at such a young age. Secondly, I heard from my friend who sent her son to IFC and also cancelled the enrollment after one day. She observed what the IFC did. Generally the IFC didn't do anything wrong but she couldn't stand the fact that her son's good behaviour (the non crying & fussy type) was being "punished" as he was left alone to play with himself most of the time while the caregivers were busy attending to the crying & fussy ones.
The thing about IFC is that no matter how they market how systematic and how good their centre programmes are, the truth is they definitely cannot give 1 to 1 attention to your baby. Their caregivers is to children ratio is 1:4 or 5. If all 4 cry at the same time, depending on who they attend to first, your baby might be the one left crying the longest.
I did contemplate to put my girl in IFC initially. That was why I went to an IFC at Tampines to have a look. Still I didn't feel comfortable about it.
There were struggles too before reaching the decision to be a SAHM. Giving up a relatively well paid job means I also have to cut my corners in order to survive in the long term as I don't know how long I want to be a SAHM or how my employability will be like, should one day I want to return to workforce again. Just taking one step at a time and perhaps I'm just being idealistic that I want to be there for my girl when she needs me most now.