How far are your LOs’ nurseries from your home?

So our distance between our home and nursery is 3.2 miles as it is closer to work if I need to get to him fast then I don’t have to go far, we do get the bus there and back, there isn’t an issue x

Ours is a 15 minute drive but it’s worth it as it’s the best nursery in our city. 8 minutes isn’t far at all in my opinion, plus it’s your decision not hers xx

100 yards from our house! 😂 couldn’t be closer really. We don’t have anyone else to pick him up, just one of us 2! 8 mins isn’t far, is your MiL nervous about driving that far or is it an excuse?

Ours is a 10 mins drive from home, but it’s half hour from work. We decided on one closer to home as I do drop off and my other half does pick up and he can be working anywhere so thought that would be a safer bet x

The main reason we're walking distance is because we have one car so we need to walk there

10 miles, about 15/20 minutes drive but I work there too x

Ours is a 15 minute drive but well worth going out of our way for.

I would add we looked at a closer one and one further away but we didn’t get a good feeling from them 🤣 and liked the ethos of the one we chose (they spent most of the day outside rather than inside a room - based near a farm so they see animals and have an orchard/grow their own veg and get the kids involved) so if you and your partner have a good feeling about the one you have chosen, ignore the MIL. I have had to leave work to pick my LO up as been poorly but they were fine about waiting for me to get there. They were also sooooo supportive with my LOs physio (she was a bum shuffler and late walker..) they adapted the baby room for her and helped with exercises set by the physio and I don’t think the other nurseries would have done that x

I’d love to know what her reasons are for thinking it’s too far away… ultimately surely the most important thing is that your child is in an environment he/she is happy and thriving in, and with people that you trust to leave him/her with.

Mines about a 10 min walk. I don’t see yours being an issue and if you like it so what I’d tell her. X

6/10 min drive (depends if you get caught at the train lines) Would be a 30/40 min walk. And then I’m about 25 mins away at work from nursery. I picked it as it was closer to home but was on my driving route to work for easy drop off and pick up. No issues at all, I’ve only had to collect her once due a temperature and they said just get here when you can so it didn’t matter that I was about half an hour away. To be honest the distance of the nursery didn’t factor into my decision- it was the feeling I got from them that made the decision in the end

15min drive from us but on the route to both my and my husband's work. There are closer ones but it's worth it as it's such a good nursery

Yeah I should have said…nursery is 1-2 min walk from our house (100yards) but it’s 40 mins from my work on the days I’m in the office. If I have to pick him up from nursery early when he’s sick, they are ok waiting nearly an hour for me to get there. Similar to you @Emma

This is definitely the only nursery I feel comfortable sending my son to. And I feel confident in my choice but obviously when someone has such a violent reaction to something, you may start to think about why that’s the case. To be fair, my MIL very much likes to be involved and have an opinion on everything.

I’m sorry you’ve had this sort of reaction back from her. As you say, you are happy in your decision. Many people don’t have the luxury to have a nursery so close, let alone find one close with available places. When choosing ours, distance from home was less of a consideration but mostly because we do live out of town so we’d have to travel regardless. The nearest nurseries were oversubscribed so we had limited choice in the end xx

Thank you all for your replies and encouragement, it really does reassure me. I’m nervous as it is because he’s never been in a nursery environment but I’m trusting my gut ☺️

Ours if walking distance from home but a 10/15 minute drive from work- which is where we are when he’s at nursery! Do what works for you, it’s more about how good the nursery is than its location.

I had 3 nurseries to pick from. One was 6 mins, one 9 and one 13... I picked the 9 min one because it was the best one. I don't think that is far at all.