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I am currently doing an access course, two evenings a week and am loving studying again
I went to uni open day yesterday to ask about timetables and placements for the course i want to do, am hoping to train as a salt
The timetable is very changeable, i had print outs for diff terms, for example the autumn term includes a long say of 8.30-6 and adding on travel i would be gone 7.30/45 till 6.30 dependnt on traffic
I would have one day off at times and placements on others
I have a 3 and 1 yr old, 3 yr old would be in preschool 9-3 but 1yr old could come to uni nursery i think but do i have to book him in all weeek and then only use sesssions i need wasting ££££?
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How on earth do i go about doing a degree with two preschoolers? childcare woes etc |
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I have a childminder as they are far m,ore flexible (and cheaper)
It was always a nuisance with childcare tbh. A simple thing like changing a seminar to the afternoon instead of the morning throws you out completely!
I often had to call on friends to help out when things had changed and then I would use that time where dd was in nursery to do a bit of work. I made a fuss once when a class was changed long term to a diff time after I had booked places and they changed it back but I don't think that happens very often.
It is a challenge but think how dedicated and focused you will be with all this planning.
Ds2 is 2.5 and I have just started a PhD though mostly I can do that at home. Good luck with it.
I often had to call on friends to help out when things had changed and then I would use that time where dd was in nursery to do a bit of work. I made a fuss once when a class was changed long term to a diff time after I had booked places and they changed it back but I don't think that happens very often.
It is a challenge but think how dedicated and focused you will be with all this planning.
Ds2 is 2.5 and I have just started a PhD though mostly I can do that at home. Good luck with it.
watching with interest as also doing an access course and hoping to go to Uni next sept....
Look into the financial options through uni.
I am just about to submit my phd and during that I managed to have DS now 3.4 and DD now 13 months. I have been pregnant or breastfeeding bar abuot 3 weeks
It is hard but you can make it work. You need to be quite disciplined working in the evenings and things and seeing if someone can entertain them for a bit one afternoon on the weekends maybe but it is worth it. I find it also provides a nice distraction as you cannot get too obsessed with the course which is good
I am just about to submit my phd and during that I managed to have DS now 3.4 and DD now 13 months. I have been pregnant or breastfeeding bar abuot 3 weeks
It is hard but you can make it work. You need to be quite disciplined working in the evenings and things and seeing if someone can entertain them for a bit one afternoon on the weekends maybe but it is worth it. I find it also provides a nice distraction as you cannot get too obsessed with the course which is good
I've just started uni this September. ds3 goes to a nursery, he is 17 months and he likes it. He runs in in the morning and shakes his head at home time 
I have ds2 at a before+after school club and ds1 at High School. It was a bit of a nightmare finding places etc but now we are all settled in and it's one of the best things I've ever done
I have ds2 at a before+after school club and ds1 at High School. It was a bit of a nightmare finding places etc but now we are all settled in and it's one of the best things I've ever done
Thanks littleducks 
It will be okay, your DS will be fine, as you say in just a year from now he'll probably need that extra stimulation - my DS loved nursery, he only left because it was tied to my job and I left. If you find a good one though or a good childminder they become like a second family.
Grab the chance while you can
It will be okay, your DS will be fine, as you say in just a year from now he'll probably need that extra stimulation - my DS loved nursery, he only left because it was tied to my job and I left. If you find a good one though or a good childminder they become like a second family.
Grab the chance while you can
its fine poison andd goood luck!
i think realy i just need hundreds of people to come and tell me 'it will be ok' its so hard to imagine ds going to nursery as he is 18mo and still baby in so many ways but in a years time he will be 2.5 and prob love going to nursery for entertainment
i think realy i just need hundreds of people to come and tell me 'it will be ok' its so hard to imagine ds going to nursery as he is 18mo and still baby in so many ways but in a years time he will be 2.5 and prob love going to nursery for entertainment
Thanks wilts, i'll look at mse, got trapped in circles on direct.gov - though reslly the problem i had with ou was time, and ds will be starting pre-school in a year or so anyway.
Sorry littleducks for hijack
Sorry littleducks for hijack
Poison- I am not sure what the max income threshold for childcare support it, but in my first year we were not entitled to any and Dh was earning about £21k.
Have you looked on any of the student finance websites? they will probably give you a good idea if you will be entitled- or the MSE website has a good student board.
Have you looked on any of the student finance websites? they will probably give you a good idea if you will be entitled- or the MSE website has a good student board.
I'm not too keen on him being at nursery much tbh (thats prob where all the problems start isnt it!)
I got to see outside of the nursery at open day, maybe if i visited inside it would put my mind at rest
I got to see outside of the nursery at open day, maybe if i visited inside it would put my mind at rest
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