Friday, February 6, 2009

Saviour

Being full time working parents, one of the major headaches we have to face is to find the carer of our children when we're away at work. It is either to get a nanny or send the kids to the day care centre, both have its pros and cons. In our case, to get a nanny is not in our option for various reasons. So after scouting almost all of the popular nurseries in KK, we found the most comfortable, flexible and trustworthy that is not too far off our route.

My children starts to come here from the age of 2 months old. Yes, I know some will cringe at the idea of sending their children so early especially newborn but all my worries are comforted when I see how they take really good and meticulous care of the babies. They give attentive care for example, bacakan selawat when they arrive in the morning, give personalised care of their diet (allergies, obesity etc), if the baby has perut kembung, they will treat accordingly, give them soft toys to play with and other activities to encourage soft motor skills (pergerakan jari, sounds, recognizing objects etc)..so Medix is not just a day care centre where the cildren just play, eat and sleep but learn and develop as well.

During the years when I was in the tourism line, when my odd working hours was so frequent, I was so thankful to Medix as they were there to solve my problem. It is operational 24-hours (ngam ka ayat ni?). You can have your kids stay overnight and they will be taken care of just like at home. They have security guard at night as well. But of course all of this convenience come at a price..RM400 per child below 1 yrs old. Rate will decrease if older. Meals, stationeries, toys, toiletries are provided so you will have to bring your own formula milk and diapers. I send my kids still in their pyjamas and they will smell like blossoms when I come to fetch them home, and fed. Their meals will be from breakfast, snack time, lunch and snack time. If overtime (means if you're picking them up later at night), then dinner will be given as well. Saturdays it is open full day except for 1st Saturday which they will close. You can send your children as early as 7am and pick up at 6pm, which after that they will charge extra.

Of course, it is not perfect..as in normal cases, children in the nurseries are more likely to contract illness than stay at home children. This is the bitter pill. The parents of the sick child still send them to the nursery. What Medix will do is, if the kid is suspected or showing the early signs of sickness, they will call the parent immediately and advise them to bring them for treatment and if it's contagious will ask the parents to take them home. They will do their best to attend to the sick child but, we have to understand that they have other children to tend to as well.

All in all I am quite happy with their services (not without some "moments" though, biasalah tu)..I feel it is comfortable and safe for my children.

Dining and activities cornerArrival
Babies bath
Babies room
Pengasuh-pengasuh yang penyayang dan amat penyabar

Gazebo where sometimes the kids will be brought ourdoors for playtime

6 comments:

lenzaidi said...

Take 5 Val.This is the best Day Care to boot i mean with all the honest opinions from you on how your kids had been taken care of and the pix and description of the center, it tells an honest pixs. Of course it has some problems.

Nannies are hard to come by especially as we depend so much on the illegal imigrants.When you weight down between immigrant helpers and day care center, the later is still the best option.

Semoga kids in good hands. Insyallah.

Anonymous said...

wah...thanks 2 u kak val 4 dis useful info...mmg skg tgh cari a gud nursery 2 send my baby girl...payah bha nowadays mau cri a very gud nursery...dis nursery d likas ka???mcm pnh nmpk signboard dia tepi jalan dkt taman antarabangsa d likas..

Val Aziz said...

Ya la, after so many nurseries we visited, they even told us this is the best in terms of newborn care. The matron will personally go to the market and pick the best items and also they provide free food supplements in the kids meals. The only problem is the carer will keep on changing but then again the strict matron will train and supervise them.
Lokasinya depan Kian Kok school. Berani ka, keliling tu cemetary tau hehehe..but so far nothing happened la nauzubillahminzalik..

Ieza Salim said...

TQ so much sis, i really appreciate d info u'v given here, i'v been looking around for quite sometime already n i even ask d officer from kebajikan to know best day care in town n among others, if in likas, she recommend dis place, being a mom we always want d best for our kids kan as for d price for me we can try to find d money Insya Allah wat is improtant is our kid's welfare, at first memang takut jgak yalah as u said keliling tu cemetary kan but tawakkaltu'alal Allah n pray for Allah's kind protection for all kids there n gez wat i'v enrolled my son here n he started his 1 week session today, anyway i think i'v seen sis punya anak yang kecil tu, so cute n smart, my son siap peluk lagi hari tu, TQ once again sis ya, ada kesempatan mungkin kita akan berjumpa di medix nanti k

Val Aziz said...

Hi Ieza, yalah if ada kes sampuk lama suda I cabut..wat's ur son's name?

Ieza Salim said...

My son's name Zulfan, he seems to be ok ystrday, cuma awal2 sj mcm mau melekat tp bila carer di sana cuba ambil ok plak dia, hopefuly everything will be ok