I'm desperately trying to think of ways to make this work.
I want to do a nursing degree in a couple of years time but I might well be a single parent by then.
DC will be 3 and 5 and in nursery (9-12) and school (9-3) respectively.
The degree has pretty random blocks of uni (mostly 9-3) and placements (whatever shifts the mentor works I believe is the norm).
So I'd need somebody to take over the school run in the mornings on the days that I can't do it and somebody to pick up from school and nursery. During uni blocks I should be home by 4 the latest. The placements are a big unknown. And of course I won't need the same childcare hours on the same days each week (well, during uni blocks I will but not during placements) which makes it all a rather shitty job for a childminder.
Plus I won't have the financial resources to pay for something like a nanny as I'll just have the NHS bursary and ctc.
I'm getting really down about it but there's no way forward with this, is there?
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MrsHuxtableReturns · 30/04/2015 14:55
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