Community Posts, Tips & Support on Childcare & Education

My baby is in pre-k now!!

Just a reminder to get nursery spaces reserved so you don’t miss out. Our babies will qualify for 30 hours free from Sep 2025, which is roughly 2 days per week across the year. You still typically have to pay a consumable cost for funded days

What is it, what do they do, what experiences have you guys had, I need to know

So I have a 14 month old and 4 months prego do yall think she will be able to help out when new baby arrives or will she still be too young?? Mama gone need some help😅😂

Wanting to do online school for my daughter who has asd. Who has experience k-12

I'm totally devastated. Got an email tonight to say our little ones nursery is permanently closing in 3 weeks time. Personal circumstances. The rise in cost, long hrs. Paperwork at weekends. They can't do it anymore. I honestly don't know what to do. I feel sick. We sent him there to help with speech. Within 6 mon...

Hello, anyone can suggest a good and cheap place where to get baby books! Looking at whsmith they are like £15 each. 😱

I'm doing k -12 has anyone else done this program?

I have a staff meeting coming up and I can’t find child care for it. It’s 6-8 pm so no nursery’s open. Their dad works away and I don’t have any family all passed when I was younger and his family the dad just had major surgery so all looking after him. I told the manager this and she said she gave me enough notice ...

Anyone heard any reviews on this nursery or know anyone that sends their child there?

I see lots of articles in Ireland covering this but is it for us other mummy's too?

Does anyone send their kids to preschool that are unvaxxed? What are the protocols?

My partner works shifts and my son goes to nursery 3 full days a week. If anyone has a similar arrangement, do you still send them in when one parent is off to stick with the routine?

Has anyone decided on a nursery theme yet? I'm on my 3rd boy and I can't decide what to do lol.

I know some people have to send their kids to nursery, but all i keep seeing is that people whos kids go to nursery are constantly ill. I have a autoimmune disease and really don’t need to be getting ill all the time. I don’t know what to do. I don’t want my baby being ill all the time, aswell as me. I just keep see...

If your baby goes to day care, how much do you pay each month!

My little one will be 1 on 5th Jan and starting nursery on 6th Jan. I have just gone to apply for the 15 funded hours via the government website, but it says my application is pending because I’m not returning to work within the next 31 days (I will be returning to work 20th Dec). However, my nursery wants the code ...

Hello can anyone please advise me on what I need to do about nursery iv been told waiting lists is massive my son is nearly 8 months do I start looking at what one I wil send him to now

With working in a school, I was hoping that I could use all of my childcare vouchers during term time only. However, I visited a local Montessori, who offered for the vouchers to be spread over 51 weeks instead, meaning that we would loose lots of hours? Has anybody looked into this yet? As I know spaces will be tig...

Is anybody else struggling with there application? I’m going back to work January and it says I can apply but I get nothing through. Confused!