Nursery

Anyone applied for nursery yet?

I have and I don’t think I’m ready for her to go to nursery in January just yet even though she’s already in flying start. I think it’s the school uniform that’s making it more big girl official😭

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My girl starts next month. Still can't wrap my head around it that it's getting so close. But, she is so ready and with how excited she is, makes me so happy to see as that will be so good for her to be around children her own age. As she starts on the week of Halloween, I also got her few themed clothes for that week 🥰

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We aren't sending our little boy to school nursery until next September so he will only do a year in the nursery before starting reception instead of nearly 2 (as he would have been starting in January too). He's going to remain at his private nursery until then. I totally get where you're coming from x

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Yes, I've applied too 😊 we're all super excited for her to go, her probably being the most excited, to be honest 😅 she's more than ready to go, I think.
Just hoping our preferred school has places, as I've heard it's already full 😕
She's not been in nursery up until now, but is starting flying start in a couple of weeks 😊

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Sorry if I'm being dump but our sept 21 babies start reception at 4 going on 5?

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yeah that's right, my little boy is 3 tomorrow so he will turn 5 the first week they start reception x

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We are In Scotland our council starts the day after their 3rd birthday so my LO started 2 days ago. I had to apply by Feb 2024 for September start x I was super nervous and a bit emotional but she has absolutely smashed it! X

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that's quite interesting, our council starts a month after they turn 3, so my girl starts next month after October break. Still better than what it used to be where people had to wait until after Christmas

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That’s right. So mine will be 3 on the 19th September. She’ll going to rising threes in January in one of our chosen schools. She’ll then stay there in the nursery (same class) September 2025 - July 2026 and then will go full time September 2026 when she’s almost 5. Drags it out so much x

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My little one already in pre-nurswry she started in April this year, she can start the school nursery In January but I may keep her where she is for another year as she's settled. X

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I should add she is fully funded she is in 5days 08:00-12:45 48weeks a year with lunch and snack included x

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ours is 8:45am-2:45pm, term time.

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I’d loved term time but it just doesn’t work for us sadly x

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does your girl end up going in during summer holidays? When my eldest was in nursery, she was in from 12:30pm until 5:20pm and she was in through the summer so only break she had was the weekend before she started primary school. It's a school nursery so they are kind of on the same time frame as primary school children x

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Yes, it’s a school nursery too. And in over summer she’s off a few weeks at Christmas and odd days dotted about. I’m a nurse and my husband is self employed musician so term time wouldn’t work for us. My nieces who are local also did term time they were 8:45-2:45. It was a great nursery x

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My little girls has been going nursery since she turned 2 years old. She is in a term nursery and has been going on Mon, Wed & Fri 9-12 and she enjoys it. She started her second year in nursery last week.

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I’m finding myself becoming easily frustrated, annoyed, and placing a lot of blame on my partner for many things. Now I’d get it if he was rubbish but he’s not - he has the baby straight away when he gets home from work, he lets me get ready and shower before he goes to work, he pitches in with the chores and gives me any time I ask for off. He doesn’t go out loads either.

I do a lot of the mental labour - realising we need more of and purchasing clothes, milk, groceries, deciding dinner, cooking, cleaning, thinking about what baby needs, etc.

However I just find myself annoyed and blaming him for so many things I find difficult. I know this isn’t fair, but it’s almost like I’m angry that he’s finding it easy and I’m not. Angry if I’ve just got the baby to sleep and he doesn’t think and closes doors to loudly. Angry when he doesn’t dress baby warm enough, or when he puts him in a car seat with a coat on. When he forgets a blanket or doesn’t wash his hands and plays with him. When hes snoring and I’ve just got the baby to drift off.

We have had many conversations and he has tried to take loads off me but it never feels like enough for me to stop being annoyed with him.

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Nursery lunches?

My daughter is nearly 10 months old and starting nursery next month. I want to send my daughter in with lunches so I know shes eating healthy meals but I'm honestly so lost as to what to put in her little bento lunch box that will keep till lunch time and doesnt need reheating. Ive been doing loads of baby led weaning at home, but I tend to make it fresh or pull stuff from the freezer I've previously made and defrost and reheat.
Could you show me some of the lunches you've been giving your baby? Or have you been been letting the nursery deal with the food?

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Parenting 24/7 is harder than going to work full time?

I’m having a debate with my partner as he’s done nothing to help since. Our 14 month old was born, I’ve done it all alone all day and all night. He gets a break when he comes in from work all night I never get a break
He try’s to tell me it’s harder going to work full time 5 days a week than parenting ALONE 24/7?
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What would u do? What should i do

So to try to explain this in the best way possible I have a very small apartment.
I opened my back door which leads directly to the laundry room of the building. Lately, I started bringing my son in the laundry room with me because he bangs on the door and tries to get out.

Today I opened the door to get my stuff out of the dryer. I saw I guess my neighbor putting stuff in the washer. It’s a very tight space so I closed the door and was planning on going back after he leave instead of crowding up the space with the baby. Plus I was in shorts and had no bra on, it was an older man.

I latched my door with the dead lock as I usually do so that I do not get locked out and I just left it that way without thinking about it.

I turned my back walk maybe about 5-7steps. My apartment is barely 15 steps front to back.
Turn around. Realize my baby is GONE he’s only 16 months!

I start yelling for him. I approach the door and I hear my son laughing…
The man had opened my door to lure my son in the laundry room with him without me knowing!!!!!!!

They were playing 🤯

He was there for no more then 20-30 seconds if that. It happened so fast, he doesn’t speak good English he’s polish
My door usually slams loud when closed, so this was done quietly…..


When I discovered that the man was with my son, I was trying to simply take my kid back in the house, but he continued on playing and I was yelling at my son that he shouldn’t be wondering without me.

No, first off I know for a fact, my son did not open the door number one. It’s very heavy and number two. He doesn’t know how to open doors yet.

And I asked the man straight out did my son open the door and he said no I did.

My son could get the door to open maybe an inch, I know that. So he must have done that and the man just decided to open it and bring my son with him.

I’m so outraged. Annoyed, uncomfortable. I live alone just me and my son.

What do I do?

I don’t know if he is maybe a visitor, I see his car sometimes but usually it’s another person who looks like him with a different car. Maybe my neighbors dad is my best bet.


Anyway. What should I do? Should I bring this to management. Should I approach my neighbor and figure out exactly who that was?

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