Hi everyone, long time lurker first time poster here! Apologies if this is long but I'll try to get to the point.
I'm a key worker and have been working one day a week since 'lockdown' began, however from 1 June this will increase to 3 days. This is unavoidable due to staffing levels etc which can't be helped.
My dh is currently on furlough so childcare for my dc has been no issue so far, however we're waiting any day for the phone call to say he has to go back to work. The issue is my youngest dc is only 18 months so obviously cannot go to school. We have a childminder for two days a week so that would be fine, it's the other day I'm struggling with. My parents (early 50s, no health issues, following all government guidance etc) are working from home for the foreseeable future, so I'm really struggling to see why I cannot use them for childcare for my working days?! Surely that would be preferable to sending them to two different places where there are so many unknowns. My eldest is 7 so could access school but surely just being with 3 others is preferable to x amount of children and staff who may have been in contact with x amount of others outside of school.
It's making me ill trying to decide what to do for the best, any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you if you got to the end of this essay
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Mumsnet doesn't verify the qualifications of users. If you have medical concerns, please consult a healthcare professional.
Covid
Grandparents vs school/childminder
6 replies
MamofCandJ · 18/05/2020 13:52
OP posts:
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.