To keep my DD off nursery if I’m off work?

[Whosthecrazy]

Not sure if this is a bad thing or not. We pay for full hours but I work 3 or 4 12.5 hr shifts a week. Sometimes weekends, sometimes nights etc.

My dd is 3 and we pay for a school nursery full time. (8:30-3). If I’m off and haven’t seen her properly in ma few days, I’ll keep her off. Is this bad practice? Obviously when she’s in reception I won’t do this but I thought it was ok during the nursery years? DH saying we will be on a child protection watch list somewhere 😳

He does realise nursery isn't mandatory? How odd.

To answer a few questions about lunch etc, it’s a small school nursery so no school dinner, I send her in with a packed lunch! Also we get 15 free hours and pay monthly for the additional 15 hours. Some days I will only send her for half a day and they’ve never reacted weird to it but this did make me worry as I wasn’t sure if a school nursery was different to a private one. I ended up sending her in today and now I’m working all weekend followed by 3 night shifts next week so feels like I won’t see her properly until the end of next week! Definitely should have gone with my gut it’s so odd her being ‘full time’ as when we were juggling childcare between us we used to have so many adventures together, feels like we don’t get that now! Soft play on a weekend is not the one