Should I feel guilty about this

[username819]

Taking my DS out of nursery.

2nd thread along this topic.
I was recently made unemployed. I've tried my hardest to get a part time job around DS's nursery hours but it's just not happening and as a single parent, it's looking like an option to have to claim benefits (which would mean taking DS out of nursery). The likelihood is he wouldn't get a place again at this nursery.
I'm also pregnant though. I want to work another month as at that point, I'd qualify for maternity allowance.
So, if I did get another job, the nursery he's at now wouldn't have a place for him (as they are in such demand), but it's likely that the first nursery he was at (he was in a baby wing) would.

I just feel guilty because he loves the nursery he's at now. He's settled so much and he's so happy. He wasn't like that with his previous one, he cried a lot and wasn't very settled there.
Is this just one of them things? Shall I just get over it? It'd only be a couple of months if he ended up going back to that one.
I just feel completely guilty that I'm in a situation where it's looking like I'm going to have to take him out of a nursery he loves in the first place, never mind the other nursery!!!

What about the free funded childcare nursery places when they reach 2/3? I used them when not working for nursery.

Also if he was older he would not be in the baby wing anymore anyway. There may be others around as well.

@user87382294757 he's 2. We don't have free childcare until 3 where I am. He wouldn't be in the baby wing, they're a big nursery so have separate parts though.

If you're on benefits don't you get the free hours at 2?

@ArnoldBee you have to be employed to get any help with childcare otherwise they won't. I am not in UK.

Well, if you are not working you could take him to playgroups instead? They don't actually need nursery at that age. If he enjoys it and you might like getting out too. Why not look into free stuff you can do in your area?

@user87382294757 yeah, I suppose - it just doesn't feel the same as when he knows all his friends at nursery and the staff and has just got settled.