Soit's almostbeen a yearand a halfsincewegavebirthtooursonWolfieandtosaytheleasthasbeenamazingyetkindofhecticraisinghimhereinJapan.
Andjust a fewweeksago, hestartedforthefirsttimepublicJapanesenurseryschool.
We'velearned a lotabouttheprocessandexperiencedsomeprettysurprisingandmaybeshockingaspectsaboutJapanesechildcareandwantedtoshareallofthatwithyouinthisvideo.
Butlikealwaysbefore I start, ifyouwanttoseewhat I'm doingonthedaily, checkoutmyinstagramaccount.
Butbecauseofallthecoronasituation, Wolfyhasn't beenencountering a lotofpeopleinhislifeand I thinkit's betterforhimtoknowmorepeopleseemorepeopletolearntoprocessbetter.
Yeah.
I mean I wouldtakehimtotheparkthesedayssincewe'vekepthiminsidethisentiretimeandwehaven't reallytakenhimoutwhen I dotakehimtotheparkinsteadofplayinginthesandandrunning.
Hejustlikehejuststareskids.
It's likehe's likefrozenstareand I thinkthat's oneofthedecisionswhywewantedtotogethimstarted.
I misshimsomuchdownplayforhim, nurserypointsystemgettinginto a nurseryespeciallyifitisnotprivateanditsgovernmentauthorizedorsponsoredorrun.
Thereis a pointsystemhereinJapantomeet a certaintotalinordertobeaccepted.
Andanotherreasonwe'reusingthenurseryyou'reusingisifyoucanprovethatyou'reusing a childcarefacility, thenthat's anotherpoint.
YouneedtheprooffromnovembertoMarch.
Ifyoudon't haveenoughpointsandyouwanttotrytomakeuppoints, therearelikebabysittersorbakersthatyoucangototoearnthepointswhichwillcostyou 25 to $3500 a monthforwhatlikealmosthalf a yearyouhavetoactuallypaythatmuchmoneytogetintothesystem.
Sothereis a pointtotalhere, which I thoughtwaskindofsurprising.
Like, ohman, youactuallyhavetomeet a certaincriteriainordertogetnursery.
Likehere's a listofpricesmonthlychildcarefeeisverydependingonthemunicipalitybutarebasedonthefamily's totalincomecalculatedbyusingthefamily's incometaxhasshowninthischartforkidsunderthreeyearsold.
Itrangesfromfreeto a maxofabout $700 permonth, butbasedonaveragefamilyincomesinjapanfeesareusuallyaround $200 orlesspermonthforfulltimechildcare, includingmeals.
Sowhatendsuphappeningis a workingfamiliesthathavetwohighincomeearnersormaybejustonereallyhighincomeearnerthantheyhavetogotoprivatechildcare, Whichisquiteexpensive.
Justbepreparedthatyourkidmightgetsickthingstopreponceyoudogetacceptedifthey'regoingtohave a listofstuffforyouthat I didn't expecthowdetailedthislistwouldbeandhowthoroughschoolisminimumbecauseit's a temporaryschoolbutactualschoolthey'llaskyou a whole a lot, I don't knowifthisiscommoninotherplacesintheworldbuttheyhadlike, okayyouneedtohave a hatandthehatneedstohave a rubberelasticbandaroundit.
Youdidn't because I thinktheyhangitsoyouneedtobring a toweltheyuseforsleeping.
Butlikesomeschoolaskyoutobringup a setof a littlemattressandtheybringbacktowasheveryweekend.
Anotherthingthatwasquiteinterestingwasthenamingconventionorwhenyouhavetowriteyourname, thekid's clothes, youhavetobelike a specificsize, likeonecentimetersizeandyouhavetobeanallheretoGhanaithas a reallylongname.
I don't evenknowifhisSakishasenoughroomtowriteonhisname.