nursery opening hours

[scottishgal09]

I need to go back to work so will soon be putting my 9 month old in nursery, only thing is that the earliest I can find any nursery open is 7 am to 7 pm. The 7 pm closing time is fine but I really find I need a opening time of 6 pm. I also work Saturday mornings so need something that is open 6 days. Start time should be at least 6:00 pm but I struggle to find this. Do these type of nursery’s exist? What are the opening and closing hours for your nursery’s? Why don’t nursery’s take into account that some parents need to work 6 days 🤨?

Listen to what she's telling you. Babies sometimes need 121, if the one staff is nappy changing, one's feeding someone, one's dealing with a bumped knee, what happens when the next child cries, it needs to wait!!

Similar with DS’ nursery and what will soon be my DT’s nursery.

Waiting list is huge too. I had to put both him and DT’s on it when I was 12 weeks pregnant each time to get a place.

I want to do the same, I want to use full time nursery care so I can keep my job. Others do that and it’s ok, but I do it and it’s wrong.

’Full time’ is still a lot less than you’re asking for. And you still want to get your baby up at stupid o’clock in the morning to go to a nursery (which doesn’t exist anyway). It’s not the same thing.

So your employer has told you if you don’t do full time hours you won’t have a job?

Full time is generally 8-6 or 7:30-6:30. Mine is the latter.

Saturdays are a no go. Do you have any family members that will be able to have baby on a Saturday or can you and DH alternate working weekends?

Good luck. It can be hard to juggle but it’s worth it if you can keep your career.

What are you going to do when your child goes to school?

This thread is definitely a wind up and a waste of time. And why so many fucking 'lols'?

If this is real, OP you're hopelessly naive, and you're being so snippy with people. Why ask for advice if you already know it all?
No, caring for someone does not mean you love them.

Why don’t nursery’s take into account that some parents need to work 6 days

They're businesses. They operate in a manner which will allow them to profit, not allow them to benefit the very few parents who would want this service in each nursery. I doubt they would break even from it. Given your job that seems like something you should understand.

Sorry the world won't arrange itself for your convenience.

You need a nanny or one of you to drop one of the four jobs. It be a lot worse when child is at school.

I was describing 8 babies being looked after by three people, who only has two hands each. You adding a lol just means you’re not seriously look8mg at the issues we are describing.

by the way being home with babies is not boring. We do things with them ALL the time. Are you just leaving the baby in a playpen?

love and care for a baby looks like: talking to and with them, singing to and with them (yes even before they can talk and sing, this is how they learnt to do this), reading with them (from birth), walking outside, exploring outside, taking them places every day, letting them play outside every day (yes even in Scotland), playing with the baby as well as letting them play with toys alone with you nearby, interaction all day long and sleep in afternoon plus 12 hrs a night. Not boring for us or them. We both work too but juggle this together.

No but if you want to get promoted, you have to put the hours in, be flexible otherwise someone else with no children will push you out.

Sorry I don’t think they exist
our nursery is an outlier and is 7-7 Monday to Friday. All others are open shorter hours.
sure some mothers work on Saturdays but I think it would be rare for both parents to work on a Saturday. Your best bet is to change your hours. Or a nanny might be more Flexible

I think that you are right 🤔

You also don’t sound even in the least bit sad that you would be putting your baby into the care of others for 6 out of 7 days. Perhaps you’re not but it is a wonder why you had a child if you have no maternal feelings for them. You sound far more invested in your job than your child.

97% of people saying you’re being unreasonable op. But you’re still right of course.

This is the same with my job too. If you want to progress, you need to work full time.

This is why I think op has attachment issues themselves which they will sadly perpetuate in their child if they insist upon this cruel regime. Sad.

I’d be snippy too with some of the comments she has received.

I think there’s a massive gap between expectations and reality when it comes to nursery care and you only really know what it’s like and if you’re ok with it once you’re a parent of a child at any given nursery.
But at ALL nurseries the ratio of staff to babies/children means that there will very frequently be a child crying that can’t be consoled as they aren’t funder for 1-1 care.

Wow, this has got to be a joke - a baby spending 6 days a week at a nursery so that their parents can work four jobs....to pay for the nursery?!
Must be a troll or something because if that was real...how absolutely awful for the baby. The baby being brought up by nursery staff who are really busy and also looking after numerous other children. And only spending a Sunday at home? Wow.

How about putting the child first? I had a job like this. For years and it was good. Then I had babies and because I have a brain I sorted a different career for myself because my children matter. Compromise or … alternatively don’t have children.

I think this has to be a joke. No sane person could think being in nursery 6 days a week is better than a child being home.
and also there is a BIG difference between 5 and 6 days. 6 days mean the kid never has 2 days in a row at home. One single day a week with their parents. That’s only 52 days in a whole year!!
and you only need to read a newspaper to realise the pressure nurseries are under, how high their staff turnover is, how the ratios of kids to adults are pushed to the absolute limit because of lack of staff.
also if you’re child is in nursery for 6am they really need to be in bed for about 6pm, so you would barely have any time with them.

I beg to you on behalf of your future child’s therapist to work out a better option!!

So what’s the solution then? 6am nurseries don’t exist. You don’t want a childminder and your family won’t help long term.

You and your partner need to figure out your shifts so that you can cover the hours nursery won’t cover. I don’t understand why you’re so resistant to the idea.

Why don’t nursery’s take into account that some parents need to work 6 days 🤨?

They're nurseries, not charities. If there isn't enough demand for nurseries to be open at the weekend, they're not going to supply that.