Childcare

What is everyone doing for childcare? It seems almost impossible to afford daycare, also leaving my 1 year old at an unknown place gives me big anxiety.

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we haven’t done any childcare (yet) for our 1.5 year old, BUT here’s a few ideas that I know of that some my mom friends do/have done:
1. in (your) home childcare (can be costly)
2. home daycare (smaller size, more focus on your child
3. Family member or friend that you trust can watch them for a certain pay rate if they are a sahm/sahp as well.
4.if you make under a certain amount you could get a voucher and that could make the cost of childcare cheaper?
Hope these ideas could maybe be of help! Best of luck ❤️👍

I have been working at my daycare since 2018. All 3 of my kids went through daycare. My youngest is currently still at daycare.That is the only way I can afford it, to be honest. I love my job, and I wouldn't leave it for anything in the world

Used to work in a daycare, but now I don’t so I found an in home daycare. It’s been wonderful for my son and he absolutely loves it. He’s thriving!

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dad taking over?

anyone else feel like their babys dad is taking over?
im 4 weeks postpartum, and while im SO grateful that he’s a hands on dad (the bare minimum) i cant help but feel like im literally only here to breastfeed. he lets me sleep more than him but i feel like hes always there, always watching, always taking her from me, always giving me passive aggressive and condescending ‘advice’ ???
ive been feeling like i cant connect with baby and that alongside the stress of breastfeeding is making me so overwhelmed and i dont know what to do.
i guess i just want to know if im the only one? :/

8 month old prefers dad

I’m starting to feel like my baby hates me, he always smiles at dad but hardly at me. Google says he’ll prefer his primary care giver which is me but he doesn’t and I don’t know what I’m doing wrong

Dilemmaaaa

so I have twin 8month old babies and it’s my first cousin’s wedding on sunday, from 10am until very late… partner’s parents are going to babysit, and me and partner were going to stay until about 6pm… but then the dinner part doesn’t even start until 7pm…! we can’t ask partner’s parents to stay much later as they’re already coming round early in the morning. my cousin is begging at least for me to stay for the dinner but I feel bad to let partner go home alone and put the twins to bed (it’s a lotttttt)… but then a) my cousin said she only gets married once… b) his parents will still be there to help… c) it’s one night and if it was other way round I would do it for him ……… but a) what if they don’t go to sleep… b) his parents judge if i am out late… c) what if he resents me after (he is like that) …
Any advice or suggestions or persuasion tips pleeeeeease comment!!!

Childcare Gov account- help

Hi there, can I get a bit of advice with my childcare gov account. For background I have a 6 year old and a 6 month old who is yet to start nursery. When I log on and click the ‘free childcare for parents’ menu both kids are listed with their own codes. We have yet to give my LOs code to the nursery.
However when I click the ‘your tax-free childcare account’ only my eldest is listed. Is this normal at this stage or have I missed a step? Thanks!

Would you use this car seat protector under your car seat?

Okay my husband and I keep butting heads over my car. He wants it much cleaner than I have the time or energy to keep up with -> he won’t clean it though.

I’m tired of butting head over this and I’m considering using this thing.

I’ve seen ones that are split but I don’t really see how that system would help me keep the seat clean unlike this single one.

I just spent two hours scrubbing my seats yesterday. I deep clean once a month and take it to the car wash every Monday on top of that I pick up trash daily and put any free items in the bins system I’m using. (One under each of my kids for their toys and one in the trunk for random things so they are flying around .

I’ve come a long way with car maintenance but all he ever sees is what I’m doing wrong and I’m over it.

Should I let him stay late at a wedding?

My husband's close friend is getting married soon. My parents are going to watch our 8 month old twins for the daytime but aren't comfortable looking after them for the evening because they haven't done it before. We were going to leave before the evening meal/events begin to get back home, but my husband's friend is now saying he wants my husband to stay. My parents will stick around to help me with the kids but don't know their routine or anything, should I say he can stay later and deal with them myself?