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Never been so confused in my life 🤣 My baby girl turns 2 at the end of March and has just been accepted for her 15hrs of funding. Am I able to use purely just this with no extra or little costs? Just because I’m on very little money and due to have my second baby at the start of march so will be at home quite some…

My husbands salary will take him slightly over due to bonuses which is a one off but don’t want to lose funding over it. I heard you can put into your pension instead to keep salary lower. Has anyone done this or have any advice please?

In order to get the full £500 top up from the government in a 3 month period, how much do I need to pay in every 3 months?

Hi all hoping someone may be able to answer this as I can’t find an answer online. My daughter has started going to nursery one day a week and will move full time in September. Question is: can I start building up money in my gov tax free childcare account now so that there is a good amount of money in there for wh...

Are there parents here homeschooling their autistic children? How are you finding it? Any tips?

For those of you that have a language delayed little one and teach at home, what has been your experience? My daughter is about 2 1/2 and we are considering it.

Hey everyone, so my little girl is only 3 months old and I'm not looking at putting her in nursery till she's maybe 1 and a half maybe even two, but my friends have said nursery waiting lists are mega long and that I should apply now for like 2026... Has this been your experience? Xx

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We are relocating to Rochester and are looking for a nursery for our 1 year old in May. (Currently 8m) Any recommendations??so many are fully booked already. It’s so hard as we don’t really know the area yet and haven’t moved to scope out what’s around. Any tips on good and bad ones pls x

Does anyone in the UK Homeschool their kids? If so, what is the process and do you work alongside?

My daughter is in nursery already but I was on the understanding the funding would go up to 30 hours from September. My friend has just been told from her nursery her 1 year old won’t be entitled to 30 hours until Jan as they need to turn 2 by the end of August. Is this true as I thought it was from September all ...

Hi all, wanting to start uni in September but just wanted to see if anyone else has experience from this? Will I still be able to keep getting help from Universal Credit as I wouldn’t be able to pay rent otherwise and what are the options with childcare? Thank you🫶

Hey mamas, Our babies just miss out on the 15 funded hours before September 😭 I’m a FTM, can anyone help me to understand costs if I was to put my baby in nursery just one or two days a week ahead of September? I return to work end of May so looking at 3 months without funding

My 3yr old is now entitled to 15hrs free per week. She goes 4 days a weeks from 9am until 3pm (6hrs). So a total of 24 hrs per week. So 24hrs - 15hrs =9 hrs, right? So I should only pay for 9hrs per week right? So if it’s £40 a day then how would they calculate the 9hrs? If you’re equating 6hrs to £40 then it’s abou...

Is a little one aged 1 too young for this? I see the recommended age is 3+ but hear good reviews also

It’s my first month needing to use this service. I’m all set up and last night sent £50 to the account. I checked it today on the government website and is still showing as £0. Does it take some time? If anyone could talk me through how to add money, then do I send it somehow to the nursery or do they just take ...

Just wondering where my childminder is pulling targets from, Thanks xx

Can you ladies please tell me an appropriate/expected child support amount for one child (3 month old). Rather than going to court, I just wanted to come up with an agreement with him for how much to give me every month. Is this based on multiple factors (how much he makes, etc), or is there a range that is typical...

Hi everyone! I’m a FTM and I’m curious what everyone is doing about childcare when heading back to work. My husband is remote and my role gives me the flexibility to be somewhat remote but I’m trying to figure out what I should do. What are others doing? My LO will be 5 months when I head back!