hi mash,
my son started playgroup at blk 607, talentplus started january. i stay senja grand, i think there's also a tots house playgroup at senja grand, blk 630. ichiban at blk 631 i've enquired before is a childcare, playgroup i think is conducted at where mamapanda mentioned.
i also bf my son till he's 2 yrs old. clingy to mummy is quite normal, and since your kid is attending PG first time, its also normal that he'll cry when mummy not ard. my son takes abt 2 weeks to settle down at the PG.
he starts to cry n cling to me when i took him to class, cry until very pitiful and loud...the teacher will carry him while i slipped off. he also cries when he think of me not ard, so on and off he'll cry during lesson. when i fetch him, he also cry the moment he saw me. this lasts for 2+ weeks.
later i realised that he'll cry even more the longer he sees me. so i try to not be ard too long when i left him. But of coz i kept telling him that the classroom not enough space for parents, so i can't stay there with him, but i'll be sitting outside waiting for him etc....
think overall, assurance and security is what the kid needs. on top of that, teacher's caring is also important.
the kid will grow out of crying and settle down, but its a matter of time. some kids took half a year or even a year to fully stop crying, i heard.
u mentioned that the tots house ur kid went has 14-16 kids? i was told that the ratio is 1 teacher to 6 tots for PG. prob the class is too big n teacher can't handle so many crying kids. maybe u want to talk to teacher abt the ratio/class size. or ask your kid if he likes the PG, else change to another smaller size PG n see how he reacts.
now 2nd mth of my kid's PG, he can tell me his friend's names and also sing songs that he learnt in class. i'm quite glad.
hope your son settle down soonest.