Nursery

i know that there are some colleges that have nursery on the campus but hopefully everything goes smoothly for you

Aww can you defer the year?

Lots of nurseries take babies from 3 months. They always settle in much faster than the older children, and honestly no matter what age you put your child into nursery it's going to be hard. When you're looking for nurseries ask if they have an app where they can send you updates, and then throughout the day you'll know that they're eating, their nappy is changed, and then you get photos to see them playing and it's really reassuring to see they're well cared for. It's a really hard thing to do, but it's going to pay off in the long run for both you and your baby. You'll always worry if you're doing the right thing, and that's unfortunately all part of motherhood

personally and this will be an unpopular opinion, i think 3 months is just too young. your bond with your child will suffer and babies barely even know that they’re even a separate person from their mother. i wouldn’t send my child to nursery that young, id delay the course or miss out because i wouldn’t want to put my child through that.

My baby went to nursery 1 day a week from 10 weeks because I was struggling with him at home, we didn’t know them that he had quite a few food allergies that meant he was in a lot of pain with his tummy and not feeding/sleeping properly. Nursery were amazing, they loved having him and took such good care of him. We have an app they update but he had such good care in the early days, he adjusted really well and now I’m back at work topping up the extra days hasn’t been stressful for either of us. He has such a special bond with his key worker because he’s known her almost his whole life. If you’ve got a good nursery it will be great, best of luck with college and I’m sure in the long run it will be the best for both of you. One thing I did learn was to not listen to other’s opinions, do what’s best for you and your family. I had to put my baby in nursery I was on the verge of a breakdown but it didn’t stop over opinionated people (mainly other mums) expressing their feelings.