working in he baby room was harder than I expected it to be. even though I already knew this, I realized that babies need attention 24/7.  there was this little boy that I didn’t pay attention to at first because when I walked in some children were taking a nap. when he woke up I realized how attached he was to one particular practitioner. the children were playing outside and the little boy was standing in front of the practitioner holding onto her hands. once the practitioner removed her left hand to wipe her face, the little boy started screaming, despite the fact that he still held her in the other hand. I later noticed that this little boy was like this with every practitioner, including myself when I had him. I however had to be told that I had to put him down and look after the other babies around me and that he would just have to cry it out. I noticed then, that I had to put my feelings and emotions aside even though the baby was crying. this made me realize that working with such children required more than just motherly instincts of picking up a child when they are crying.

on my first day I didn’t really have a lot of work to do as I was just getting a feel of how things were done in that setting.

the things that I had to do were:

• reading with the babies
• aiding the children in garden
• helping to wash the babies hands before eating
• going to collect the food trolley from the kitchen and back
• singing songs with the babies
• getting them ready for outside (putting on coats and shoes)
• playing with them
•  helping around during feeding time
• putting out the beds for nap time.