Community Posts, Tips & Support on Childcare & Education

We are looking to move house next year. We are lucky to have grandparents look after our little boy at the moment but when we move this could change. My commute to work will increase to around 15-20 miles but I only do 2 full days in the office. If we decide on nursery, but hat time we could be eligible for 15-30 ho...

Anyone else's nursery have a high staff turnover? Just wanting to see if this is normal x

March babies when is best time to do nursery/buy furniture? I’m one of those that doesn’t have anything for the baby in the house as don’t want any bad luck 🤣 but don’t want to leave the nursery too late 🫣

I’m trying to decide between daycare and in home nannying. I’m leaning more towards daycare because the nanny’s on care.com are quoting crazy high prices. For part time nannying I’m looking at ~$1700 a month 💀. Some seemingly nice Montessori daycares in the area are around 1k/month. I’m wondering if my 1 year old…

Which school districts are the best in Houston Texas?

What would you charge to watch an 8 month old for 13-14 hours a day 2-3 days a week (daily rate)?

Anyone else feel genuinely in despair about going back to work😂? Like i actually do not want to go back at all I get emotional every time I think about it, if I could stay home with my baby until she went to school I would😭 I know it’ll be fine, it’s not that I need reassurance I just want to know other people…

My LO will be 9months on the 17th of Dec. I am returning to work on the 14th of Jan, but LO will only be starting nursery mid March. Does anyone know when I should apply for the 15hours free funding….?

I'm currently in Ga... But I have thought about Nevada? Thoughts on that? Like how is it out there? How are the schools? What parts do you suggest? Or should I just stay in Ga lol

Please share your thoughts (UK mamas)🩷

Hiya does anyone have any nursery recommendations for the bold/lea green/Sutton area please? Xx

I’m so excited to start my new job next week. I also won’t miss being a nanny 😂😂😂😂😂 and they are going to be left without childcare because they decided to listen to their early intervention team and daycare just isn’t going to work for him. NOT MY PROBLEM 💁🏼‍♀️. Which I’m low key happy about since they gave me…

Hello, my husband and I are planning on buying a house in Westchester to move with our baby boy. Do any of you guys know which towns have the best schools? Our decision will be based mainly on that. Thank you in advance!

Does anyone know how it works going from 15 free hours to 30? I can't find anything about applying for the 30 hours in my childcare account. My son is 3 in January and I'm conscious they only accept the codes at certain points in the year so want to make sure it's in place as soon as he is eligible

I’ve been looking into taking my 8 month old to a nanny or babysitting job with me. Any tips on how to approach this to families ? Or if anyone does this any help or advice on how to make this work ?

Does any of you has a child who goes to chestnut primary school in Croydon? How is it?

I want to send my little one to nursery once he is 2 with funded hours. Should I be looking around nursery’s now? Is there a list I need to be putting him on? Or do I do this closer to the time. Sorry if it’s a bit of a silly question, first time mum and don’t really understand how it all works x

Any mamas on here who have been thinking about going back to school ! It’s my first day going back ( well doing registration)

Did anyone go to their open day?

I’ll be moving to another city shortly after the baby is born but I won’t know exactly where until sooner to the time. Conscious of limited nursery spaces and wait lists. Has anyone had experience of applying for a space when baby is 2-3 months to start when they’re ~12 months?