Nursery for working mums
I have 3 under 3 (3, 2 and 8 month old) and am due back to work in January 2027. I work 4 days (mon- thu). My two older children go to nursery half days until 1pm those days and Friday they are home with me. My 8 month old is scheduled to only go in on Mon-Tuesday until 1pm as they don’t have space for him yet so I’m on a wait list for remaining 2 days.
My job is hybrid so we have mandatory days in the office (Mon/tue) and then 2 days wfh, on my wfh days I’ve always just worked at home with my kids here (not disclosed) as my partner would be home to juggle if one of us had meetings. However, given my return to work is looming I’m wondering whether I should put my 8 month old into a different nursery albeit they only offer full days.
Do other mums that work hybrid work at home with their kids at home? Do you disclose it to your work place? Have a flexible working arrangement in place? Just interested in how other mums work?
No judgments please, just the past 3 years I’ve basically had back to back pregnancies so that hasn’t made sense to pay for full days when I was essentially available all the time.
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I work from home full time and both of my girls have always gone to nursery full time due to this, I wouldn’t be able to work with them around at nursery age. Now my oldest goes to school she’s more independent so I pick her up and she comes home after school while I continue to work.
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I have 3 under 3 (3, 2 and 8 month old) and am due back to work in January 2027. I work 4 days (mon- thu). My two older children go to nursery half days until 1pm those days and Friday they are home with me. My 8 month old is scheduled to only go in on Mon-Tuesday until 1pm as they don’t have space for him yet so I’m on a wait list for remaining 2 days.
My job is hybrid so we have mandatory days in the office (Mon/tue) and then 2 days wfh, on my wfh days I’ve always just worked at home with my kids here (not disclosed) as my partner would be home to juggle if one of us had meetings. However, given my return to work is looming I’m wondering whether I should put my 8 month old into a different nursery albeit they only offer full days.
Do other mums that work hybrid work at home with their kids at home? Do you disclose it to your work place? Have a flexible working arrangement in place? Just interested in how other mums work?
No judgments please, just the past 3 years I’ve basically had back to back pregnancies so that hasn’t made sense to pay for full days when I was essentially available all the time.
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