Community Posts, Tips & Support on Childcare & Education

My LO starts nursery next week for his settling in days. I know we will find out then but do most nursery’s have an app now where they update with photos, activities etc? Not sure what to expect and what they share with you and when x

Hey all, hoping someone can help! I’ve had my first invoice from our nursery, the funding has been added and dealt with however I’m also entitled to the 20% from the the government and didn’t realise I had to sort this my end. I have the confirmation, codes etc. Can anyone advise on what I need to do? I’m at a tot...

Hii girlys just wondering is or has anyone done college courses online? I'm wanting to go back to school now that my LO is at school full day.

Is anyone else’s baby starting nursery January and know when we need to applying for the 15 hours funding/code?

How does this scheme work? How do I work out how much I will save with this? Is it allocated per term at nursery like 15 hours funding? Can I use it for a childminder before she goes to nursery? Or will this eat into our yearly allowance for 2025? What’s the best way to use it?

Do you feel like it will get easier once your kids are in school? Public school? That way you will be able to work more and won't have to worry much about a babysitter. What are your thoughts?

Has anyone homeschooled or is homeschooling their autistic children? I have 2 one boy whom is in kindergarten he is 5 he is hyperlexic but he is a bolts any chance he gets. A 3 year old girl whom is in an early childhood classroom almost like pre-k but she doesn’t really understand things. She is a scriptor or echoa...

Someone posted in a comment somewhere before about a site/app that has approved things for children e.g suncream - it had a variety of suncreams with different reviews/approvals/avoidances etc I can’t for the life of me find out what it was called. My description isn’t very good but can anyone help what it was calle...

Anyone else that goes through child maintenance struggling to get through on the phone? Been calling for about a week now waiting for over an hour every time and not got an answer

Please tell me I’m not the only one that is struggling with their LO picking up every bug from nursery!!! Losing the plot 😂

Trying to get really organised about childcare when I go back to work after my Mat leave and been thinking about what days I want to go back to work, when/how do you go about letting work know? Would you send them an email? What would you write? Thank you

I'm thinking about sending my daughter to nursery next year but I don't know what I'm doing how do I apply for a place for her I've done the application for 15 hours free but I don't have any clue how to apply for a place do I need to phone about or do I need to go into nursery's and ask ? X

Would someone who has a child at bright horizon or anyone in general who understands how the 15 hours funded hours works mind explaining this to me? As I read it that it’s going to cost me over 600 pound a month AFTER the funded hours to put my child in nursery for two days a week. I’m sorry what? That is daylight...

It’s my second night of work and I’ve been crying nonstop. Did I go back to soon ?

Hey everyone. I'm looking for drop in child care, assistance with potty training only 1-2 days a week. I home school my little one since I work from home. I noticed he's very advanced in some areas but the social skills may need extra help. I'm not ready to put him in a weekly program. 1-2 day program about 2-3 hour...

Hello Ladies I am soo confused with nurseries.. Is here someone who puts their child in the nursery only for the funded hours ? When I called up the nurseries around i get told there's always a charge because they are open all year round.. I'm just so confused and been trying to find the right nursery for my not so ...

So I have no idea about nurseries or anything like that 😬 I’m due to go back to work in January. baby will be 9 months and I almost think he’s too young to be in nursery 5 days a week! I also have no idea about how the nursery system works (with paying). Is anyone in the same boat? 😅 I guess I’m just panicking a…

I have a 3yr old and a 5yr old. It'll be at my house for when its half term and I have to work. But it'll be Monday to Friday for 8 hours, (9 is preferable) and I can't really afford much more than 400 for the week 😕

My daughter is being labeled by the teacher as shy in her preschool prep class… I don’t really agree with it. I know my daughter takes her time to build trust and is cautious. But I feel like labeling her shy makes her different and other children in the class will treat her differently. She’s absorbing the label an...

Hey guys 👋🏽, scary times having to apply for schools for our little ones 🥲. We are moving out of area but waiting on all the legal stuff to go through for the house, just wondering if anyone knows can we apply for schools in the new area without having a “permanent” address there at the moment? Just worried if…