Hello,
we are currently living in Ixelles (have been living around Flagey for 9 years already) but are considering moving to a different commune because we have been completely unsuccessful (and I suppose as time goes by I realize we have also been quite naive) in finding a place in a school. It is true that we have only tried those schools within walking distance from us (say 15 minutes on foot) mostly because my daughter sleeps till late (8 AM sometimes) and if we are not close to the school we will never make it on time. I know some people say that we should just make the kids adapt to our schedule etc. but my daughter actually gets into a very bad mood when woken up so after trying it a few times I decided that if you cannot sleep when you are a toddler when can you sleep?
The bottom line is that we have been given false hopes by some of the schools we applied for because we were in one case the second ones on the waiting list etc. but finally after I have contacted them again recently, they have come clean and have told me that actually I stand close to no chance of having a place for may daughter and they advised me to leave her in creche maybe until she is 3.5 yo and to keep on trying (by calling each school separately on a different date). The problem is the creche does not want her there because they are not set-up to entertain kids that are that old.
Since I am the only one at work who has not gotten a place-I wondered if maybe moving to Woluwe-Saint_Lambert or Uccle would be a good idea. My colleagues who live there spent only a week looking, visiting and finalized registration right away. I have been doing this since almost a year ago (I called the first school back in September). We rent so we can move.
What is your advice?
Thanks in advance.
Sandra