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Thoughts on sending your baby to nursery full time if you don’t work?

How much are you all paying for nursery fees? I've gotten the 15 hours for my little one, but it still seems to be so much. The nursery I've found is saying £260 because I need to top up the hours to two full days8-6pm so I can work two full days, they're charging deposit and admin fee, along with lunch, snacks and ...

My little one is due to start nursery in November but they've just offered three 1.5 hour settle sessions, and one week apart, so his first settle session will be a month before he starts nursery! It's not quite how I imagined - I thought there would be three or four closer to the start date with increasing amounts ...

Hi. Just out of interest, how much are people paying for childcare for those who are receiving the 15 hours of funded childcare? I was mislead to think it would be 15 hours of free childcare but apparently, nurseries are charging "top up fees"..

Hi, how does everyone plan on keeping their little ones safe from the tree this year? 🎄 my health visitor said if I say no a few times she will leave it alone... unsure if that will work

Hi all, sorry if this is a really dumb question but my son is starting nursery for the first time and his clothes, shoes etc. all need to be labelled. What do you use to label all your kids’ stuff?! Thanks!

Hi all! New to the area and don’t have any family or friends nearby. Looking on advice on how to find a babysitter in this area? Or any recommendations?

Any good daycare in Croydon for a 7mnths old?

What age did they start and when did it start getting better for them? Do they still cry a lot? Looking for reassurance but also real stories if it didn’t work out for you please

Any recommendations of dolls houses please for 3 year old!

When do we have to apply for our school babies?

I want to take my 8 month old to Plymouth circus but not sure if I have to pay for him as he won’t be sat in a seat. Has anyone take there little ones?

How many hours can you work without the amount they pay you be effected? My little girl is 2 next month and I have a 5 year old. I really don’t want to do full time work yet and know now they accept funding for 2 year olds. I was going to do a bit of work here and there while she’s at nursery for those hours. But do...

I am currently looking for a nursery. Do you have any points/suggestions on things to look out for or ask them when I got to check out the place?

Does anyone have a nanny and use the free childcare with them? The gov website says this can be used for ofsted registered Nanny’s, but my sons nanny doesn’t know anything about this and when I look at the nannytax website it says it can’t be used with them?! I’m so confused as because the gov website says this we t...

Hi! I’m going to visit a nursery tomorrow, can you give me any ideas for questions to ask? First time mum so not a clue!

I have a five year-old in kindergarten who is currently struggling with speech delay and I’m trying to find a school that have cameras in the classrooms in case of incidents or just to check on him throughout the day. Does anybody have any suggestions on where I can contact to get that information or any locations? ...

Thinking of opening a nursery in my house for children aged 0-4. How difficult is it to register in the UK to do this and for those who do it, how do you find it? Looking for some good point of views :)

Might be a stupid question but when are you meant to buy or put up baby gates? Never really thought about it until now

Hiya, So I reconfirmed my details for the 15 hours free childcare. It has been stopped and I have had to do the review. Me and my partner made under 100k a year and I make over £183 a week. On the message they said it was because I was not likely to make the amount I need to make to qualify the for free childcare. I...