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dlockers said:
Does anyone know how to calculate what hours are funded based on term times etc?

I had a spreadsheet sent to manage my expectations on billing, but they moved to a new tool which is presumably more accurate - but giving a completely difference number.
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You get paid far too much, no free child care for you! :p
 
When ours were at nursery they took the 30 free hours and worked it out over the year as iirc its only applicable during term time. Think it worked out at 21 hours a week. It's much easier that way as our childcare was then the same every month.
 
dlockers said:
Does anyone know how to calculate what hours are funded based on term times etc?

I had a spreadsheet sent to manage my expectations on billing, but they moved to a new tool which is presumably more accurate - but giving a completely difference number.
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I saw this on reddit UKPF yesterday, might be of some use

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Yeah the tricky bit is if they do the free hours specific to term time and how you calculate that. Spreading over the year would be much easier.
 
dlockers said:
I thought 8 till 1715 was a tough slog. Something about 0730 till 1800 sounds really bad lol!
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We pay for 8am-6pm - but often I try to finish work just before 5pm so I can get her at 5.15/5.30. I don't like her being the last one to be collected so try to make sure that's never the case!
 
Nursery is expensive but then I wonder how much the staff actually get paid and then feel bad about complaining as they must be getting so little remuneration for such an important job.
 
Voltar said:
Nursery is expensive but then I wonder how much the staff actually get paid and then feel bad about complaining as they must be getting so little remuneration for such an important job.
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Imo some of these places must he making a mint. It wasn't uncommon through covid, for them to charge people to keep their place even though they were shut (bet they still claimed from the government as well).
 
Voltar said:
Nursery is expensive but then I wonder how much the staff actually get paid and then feel bad about complaining as they must be getting so little remuneration for such an important job.
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It's one of the lowest paid jobs in the UK I think? The nursery costs are there to subsidise the 'free' hours that come into play as the government payment to nurseries barely comes close to covering the actual costs. It's a broken system.

Government announced that the free hours will be expanded to start from 9months (rather than 3 years) - https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2023/07/07/free-childcare-how-we-tackling-the-cost-of-childcare/ but from talking to some staff at our nursery the additional funding will still not cover the running costs of the nursery so will still be charging for meals/extras. Mental!
 
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Voltar said:
Nursery is expensive but then I wonder how much the staff actually get paid and then feel bad about complaining as they must be getting so little remuneration for such an important job.
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Our childminder charges us £5ph, she has 3 children a day including ours. I've got no idea how she makes any money. Must be the drugs she sells on the side and then washes the money through the childminding :D
 
For those of you with more than one (no cheating with Twins) how long did you leave it between?

We're talking about if we want (and more importantly can afford) another. I've gone from not wanting kids at all to wanting a another. My partner has gone the opposite direction. She didn't enjoy pregnancy and then had a rough time giving birth with an emergency c-section.

Ultimately if she decides she doesn't want to go through it all again I'll respect that 1000% but she's still torn. K is only 19 months so still quite early but I expect we'll seriously revisit when she's 2.
 
Junglist said:
For those of you with more than one (no cheating with Twins) how long did you leave it between?

We're talking about if we want (and more importantly can afford) another. I've gone from not wanting kids at all to wanting a another. My partner has gone the opposite direction. She didn't enjoy pregnancy and then had a rough time giving birth with an emergency c-section.

Ultimately if she decides she doesn't want to go through it all again I'll respect that 1000% but she's still torn. K is only 19 months so still quite early but I expect we'll seriously revisit when she's 2.
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Son turned 2 at the weekend and 2nd child is due in December so just over a 2y gap. From our perspective we knew we wanted 2 kids and wanted to get the 'messy' stage out the way.... obviously people have gaps of all sorts between their kids but I could foresee it being tricky having to revert to awful nappies and sleepless nights once it's not 'fresh' in your mind. But at the same time I guess the older kid could help out with the baby :confused:. Two will be our max though!
 
Junglist said:
For those of you with more than one (no cheating with Twins) how long did you leave it between?

We're talking about if we want (and more importantly can afford) another. I've gone from not wanting kids at all to wanting a another. My partner has gone the opposite direction. She didn't enjoy pregnancy and then had a rough time giving birth with an emergency c-section.

Ultimately if she decides she doesn't want to go through it all again I'll respect that 1000% but she's still torn. K is only 19 months so still quite early but I expect we'll seriously revisit when she's 2.
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We left a 3-year gap, but mostly for practical reasons such as child care costs (and in later life, University costs).

I actually preferred having my eldest child sleeping through the night, toilet trained etc before my youngest was born - I would have hated having to do concurrent toilet training etc
 
Junglist said:
For those of you with more than one (no cheating with Twins) how long did you leave it between?

We're talking about if we want (and more importantly can afford) another. I've gone from not wanting kids at all to wanting a another. My partner has gone the opposite direction. She didn't enjoy pregnancy and then had a rough time giving birth with an emergency c-section.

Ultimately if she decides she doesn't want to go through it all again I'll respect that 1000% but she's still torn. K is only 19 months so still quite early but I expect we'll seriously revisit when she's 2.
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3-4 years here and considering. It's weird once they hit 3 how much you miss them being 1-2.
 
Junglist said:
For those of you with more than one (no cheating with Twins) how long did you leave it between?

We're talking about if we want (and more importantly can afford) another. I've gone from not wanting kids at all to wanting a another. My partner has gone the opposite direction. She didn't enjoy pregnancy and then had a rough time giving birth with an emergency c-section.

Ultimately if she decides she doesn't want to go through it all again I'll respect that 1000% but she's still torn. K is only 19 months so still quite early but I expect we'll seriously revisit when she's 2.
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Our first was IVF, then a couple of years later an ectopic resulting in surgery. Exactly a year later the same thing happened. Ended up paying for another round of IVF - means the boys are 6 years apart... It's a bit too much of a gap really, but most of the time they can play and get along . Eldest is 10, youngest is 4.
 
dlockers said:
3-4 years here and considering. It's weird once they hit 3 how much you miss them being 1-2.
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Mine are 9 and 7, but more like 2.5 years gap which I think isn't too bad. Having one that can understand things makes life easier when you have a baby. My wife's sister has a 5 year gap which imo is too much. One of my workmates parents has a 16 year gap, this means that when the kids go out people think the eldest is the mother :cry: (shes 34).
 
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