Accessing nursery funded hours

My son has just started nursery receiving the 30 funded hours as I work. His nursery charge £15 a day to cover the cost of meals and “extra curricular activities” such as story telling and sensory play… I have queried this as according to DfE guidance these charges cannot be compulsory and the nursery have to give alternatives to parents who cannot pay these extra costs. I’m also questioning how things such as story telling or sensory play can even be considered as an extra curricular activity when they are part of the basic EYFS curriculum and therefore should not be charged for. They have said they do not allow packed lunch and are not offering an alternative to paying for these extra activities. Does anyone have any advice or been in a similar situation?

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Fall from bed

This morning my husband got out of bed and I was more asleep still than usual. Our little one has become more mobile and somehow managed to roll off of the bed between the bed and nightstand. It’s about 2ft and we have carpet. He’s about 6 months old, rolling, now somewhat crawling.

I heard it immediately got him and he barely cried. As soon as I picked him up he was smiling and giggling. He has been eating, looking at us, grabbing and kicking all like normal.

I don’t see any bumps or bruises and he seems generally okay and unbothered by the entire incident.

My husband is very upset that we let him fall. He isn’t directly blaming me but I know I’m the one who failed our son. The guilt is overwhelming and I feel sick to my stomach. He keeps saying things like “now anytime something is wrong we’re going to think it it’s because when he fell” which makes me more upset 😭

I’m going to call his pediatrician but has this happened to other moms? Please don’t join this to just make me feel worse, I’m already very down on myself about it.

Am I the asshole

So there’s a restaurant near where I live that has a kids play attached to a seating area upstairs , there’s 5 signs around saying “ you MUST supervise your children at all times in the play area , adults must remove shoes too “ and two signs in the seating area saying not to leave children in the play area alone while you eat / drink.
This is a very small area too so it’s not hard to just sit on a block and watch.
But unfortunately as it’s attached to a seating area parents take the opportunity to go and sit and eat and let their kids play

I was there with my 2 year old and he was running around having fun with some other kids when a bunch of older kids come running in with a couple younger ones , the older ones were grabbing the younger ones and pushing them down the slide. One got one younger one in a head lock and another was kicking her ! I told them to get off her and I was going talking to their mother.

I asked the parents that was there who’s kid they was and it was non so I went out the play area and she was the only one sat there with her head in her laptop and her headphones on watching a YouTube video ! I went over and said excuse me you’re suppose to supervise your children not your laptop , one is in a headlock being kicked in the head crying.
She started to apologise but she said “ no one had said nothing before “ like so she knows she’s suppose to but doesn’t care ?? I just said people like you are the reason I don’t come here. ( True I avoid going due to the fact parents don’t watch their freaking kids in there )

Admittedly I was sick of it by this point and i definitely lost my cool a little with her so am I the asshole for not just going getting her politely as I had done before

Earlier this year, Co-op Academies Trust introduced a trousers-only policy from September. However, some parents are refusing to accept the change. Several pupils arrived at Co-op Academy Failsworth for the new academic year wearing skirts

What are your thoughts on this? 👖

Do (All) your family members get along ?

I have some family who can’t stand each other. We have awkward family gatherings. There’s time some refuse to show up if another is expected to attend. I was wondering how common this is.

Annoyed at husband

Am I right to be annoyed? My husband went to work this morning. He then told me he was going for a lunch with someone at 1 pm and would come home from there, he said he’d be home a bit earlier than normal, probably 4 or 4.30. He came home at 5.15pm, he’s taking 45 minutes to an hour before he actually comes to take over care of the baby. The way I see it he’s just had a whole afternoon of having a nice lunch and probably having some drinks while I’ve been looking after the baby. He shouldn’t need 45 minutes to an hour when he gets home before he takes over. Am I right to be annoyed? he’s taking the time to go to the toilet, roll his tobacco, listen to a podcast in his office…. Etc

Any suggestions ?

Mamas, this is all I currently have for my baby who is nearly 6 months old. I feel like she’s starting to get a bit bored of her toys. Any recommendations for things that have kept your little ones entertained?

I do read her books, and she does watch a little bit of TV (not for too long), but do you think that’s enough at this age? What kinds of things are your babies enjoying or playing with that keep them engaged?