Community Posts, Tips & Support on Childcare & Education

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So many on here complain about maintenance and how much it is! Imagine if you and your partner split up would you not expect him to financially support your child? Children cost money. That’s the top and bottom line of it. On average a child costs approx 1030 a month every year until they’re 18! Most child mainte...

My husband and I have made a list but I haven’t done any shopping. Black Friday sales are coming up. Any big purchase essentials we should watch out for? Help! A little overwhelmed with the process 💖

I'm so confused because on my gov account it only says to reconfirm the tax free childcare? I have a permanent funded hours child care code though?

Hi all Planning to go back to work and child care is so expensive. Does anybody know if you are eligible to subsidy if you are on a work permit? Thanks

Hi, FTM and SAHM just wondering for the pros, if you’re not doing daycare, is there a substitute for baby to kind of interact with other babies and make fiends, maybe even score some play dates. I am going to sign her up for swim classes but just kind of wondering. Don’t want baby cooped up with just my face all day...

Currently in the process of registering my child with a nursery and been trying for the longest time to obtain the childcare code for 15 free hours (2 year old) but cannot figure out how to do so!!! I keep being signposted to the page below but there are no clear links for applying under the option for benefits. I...

Can anyone give me any reassurance about sending my 17 month old to nursery please? I’ve been lucky enough to stay home with my toddler until now but will soon be going back to work and the thought of leaving her with anyone that isn’t me or her dad is weighing heavy on me, we have never left her with anyone else so...

Does anyone have any tips for teaching a 3 year old how to read? Specifically word blending. She’s good at phonics and we are starting with short a sounds but she can’t seem to get a hang of blending. For example she knows /c/ and “at” but won’t read it as “cat”

My little girl is due to start nursery in January she will be a year old and that’s when I will be going back to work but the nursery have asked for the code but it’s not letting me apply for it because I’m not returning to work within 31 days. What can I do in this situation?😩

how do you FUND the first months childcare while in the 5 week wait for UC to claim back child expenses and how much do you need to be earning to get 85% help from UC?

I was made aware that in November we would be getting a double payment of child benefit. I have mine pending to come through next week, so in November, but it is not a double payment. Is anyone else aware of this?

Does anyone know how to work out when each ‘entitlement period’ begins/ends?

My daughter (3) started a new school. Due to her being upset today, they want her to have a half a day schedule until she can adjust. How long did it take your child to adjust to school?

I want to start our daughter at 3. My husband wants to wait till 4 but he isn’t given me any clear reasoning behind it. While I know the benefits of starting preschool at 3… our daughter would actually be 3.5 by the fall school year she’d start.

Trying to figure out what the average age is as I am worried I may be sending my son too early 😢

We tend to get one picture of our LO every few days and daily updates of what they ate, sleep times and bowel movements. We get generic feedback at handovers and we’ve only had two detailed written reports since the start of the year. Some of my friends get way more pictures and updates and I was just wondering w...

Is anyone else raising their babies using the montessori method?

Looking for a nanny for an infant. This nanny agreed to do a trial run for a week. One of the things she does which concerns me is, when the baby moves to a different place on the play mat, and if the baby is unreachable, she pulls the baby closer to her by just pulling at the leg when the baby is on his back. I wou...

I’m moving to NHS England from NHS Scotland and I would really like to go into district nursing but I’m struggling to find any jobs on the NHS England page. Do you apply to the GP or just wait for something to come up on the job search? Any advice would be helpful! Hoping the change over from nhs Scotland won’t be...