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Hiya I am having a meeting with my sons nursery to try and work together to help my baby settle, it’s been 10 weeks and he’s made very little progress and I’m getting many phone calls from them when I’m at work. Did anyone’s nursery do anything or suggest any good ideas which have helped your little one settle? I wa...

Hiya does anyone have any nursery recommendations for the bold/lea green/Sutton area please? Xx

I’m so excited to start my new job next week. I also won’t miss being a nanny 😂😂😂😂😂 and they are going to be left without childcare because they decided to listen to their early intervention team and daycare just isn’t going to work for him. NOT MY PROBLEM 💁🏼‍♀️. Which I’m low key happy about since they gave me…

Hello, my husband and I are planning on buying a house in Westchester to move with our baby boy. Do any of you guys know which towns have the best schools? Our decision will be based mainly on that. Thank you in advance!

Does anyone know how it works going from 15 free hours to 30? I can't find anything about applying for the 30 hours in my childcare account. My son is 3 in January and I'm conscious they only accept the codes at certain points in the year so want to make sure it's in place as soon as he is eligible

I’ve been looking into taking my 8 month old to a nanny or babysitting job with me. Any tips on how to approach this to families ? Or if anyone does this any help or advice on how to make this work ?

Does any of you has a child who goes to chestnut primary school in Croydon? How is it?

I want to send my little one to nursery once he is 2 with funded hours. Should I be looking around nursery’s now? Is there a list I need to be putting him on? Or do I do this closer to the time. Sorry if it’s a bit of a silly question, first time mum and don’t really understand how it all works x

Any mamas on here who have been thinking about going back to school ! It’s my first day going back ( well doing registration)

Did anyone go to their open day?

I’ll be moving to another city shortly after the baby is born but I won’t know exactly where until sooner to the time. Conscious of limited nursery spaces and wait lists. Has anyone had experience of applying for a space when baby is 2-3 months to start when they’re ~12 months?

Looking for some advice. My eldest starts school next September so we are in the process of looking at and applying for schools. I have 3 schools I really like, but someone said that as you have 6 choices you have to out down 6 schools or you could just be given anywhere. Is there true? There aren’t another 3 schoo...

We would like our child to start nursery at 9 months old when I return to work. The nursery we want is fully booked until Sept 2025 and we would like him to start in October 2025 so they have recommended enrolling now. Has anyone else put their name down before their due date? The form is asking for his name but...

Does anyone use an app or calendar that can combine you & your partners schedule to work out childcare days. Without being a calendar I need to write on

Ive heard its a good idea to look at nursery's /day care centres a year in advance? As they sometimes have long waiting lists? Is anyone aware of this?

What are the reasons you are putting with your school choices? The school we want is out of catchment, but offers childcare and is on the route to and from work also a really good little school

My mat leave will end in Jan, when my baby will be around 5-6 months. My coworkers were telling me I will need to send my LO to daycare or get a nanny, but I was really hoping to manage it myself. Anyone have the experience of working fully remote and watching their LO? How do you manage? How about during the meetings?

Pros: Best school district around Plenty of space for kids to run Close to shopping Cute house, lots of storage Cons: Shares some land with the railroad company and has an outbuilding built on the railroad's land Has a deeply buried 10" gas pipeline close the house (not a danger issue as much as a property owner...

How's everyone doing with the anxiety around applying for schools? I can't get my head around having to put 6 choices! We only have 1 that we really love!