To rejoice at reduced nursery fees

[Whichone2024]

Just had first reduced fee woohoo!
so £550 - that is down from £1200 a month from last 2 years!
still had a few days unfounded in that bill!
next month and moving forward will be £456.
btw LO is 4 full days in nursery (8- 5.30 ) and gets lunch provided 3 of those days.
i am so happy. Time to get some more debt paid off lol.
I just hope that we managed so long paying so much that we can save a bit more too to have fun with like a holiday or not worry so much at chrismtas :)
sorry I hope this is ok or aibu to be so excited when other people are stlll? having to pay more? (The only people I have mentioned to are already on reduced fees or kids grown up etc)
in Scotland btw so I don’t think funding starts as early.
(we are not loaded, still have debts etc - just means we won’t stress and struggle so much - the last two years have been soooo difficult financially just feel like I can breath!)

It’s a joyful time! We are in Scotland too and DD2 just turned 3 in June so her funding has kicked in now, so she’s now doing three days a week instead of the two she was doing for just £180 a month (that we pay after the tax-free childcare).

What a weird AIBU. Of course you should be delighted anyone would be

I think I just overthink and struggle to know what runs people up the wrong way.
and I see some people find it inconsiderate and poor taste when people brag about their expensive new home and luxuries while
other people struggle and I know
this is not exactly the same but I didn’t know if it fits somewhere into that way of thinking
(see I am an over thinker lol)

That’s great!
I am also happy that we don’t have any add ons that some people have mentioned.
I do know someone who has moved nursery because of this, and is doing more days for less money than the previous nursery.

Mine has gone down from £2100 to £550 a month
I actually think it's changed everything about my mood. I feel like there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Sorry that was dramatic 😂

I am not delighted. I paid for my own children's childcare when they were small, now why should i have to pay for yours?

You absolute misery guts. How ridiculously mean spirited!

How are you paying for mine ? I also pay taxes on a full time salary.

Perhaps because there’s also wider benefit for society as a whole, particularly women?

It is a happy happy day
I have 12 months to go before I’m not paying out £250 a month in petrol to get mine into School
And honestly, I will do a little dance around the kitchen
18 years of paying to get these buggers educated

It is a joyful time indeed we weren't so lucky as £18500 a year it cost us for 3.5days before we got a small wife of some free hours but then when we did it was short lived before school and breakfast club and afterschool club being 1 school year apart aswell as both working 40hr weeks definitely enjoy and save. Now its all extra curricular clubs though 1/2 cost nursery ever was just the juggling of running around

I can't wait for this. Currently paying £1200 a month, due to go up in Sept 😔. Then will finally get 30 hours free in Jan 2027.

Edit - I'm in wales

It's great isn't it! I've not experienced a big drop like that, as we went from paying for 2 days to being able to put in for 3, but at the same time I went on maternity leave with DS2, but it so helpful!

Looking forward to ds2 going to school next year, although I think the wraparound care I am going to need shortly will take care of any money saved on that, oh well!

What a ridiculous, nasty comment. You're probably one of those people who think if they didn't get help with anything then other people should struggle too.

I'm sure you won't miss the 50p or whatever it is from tax that goes into the childcare pot.

@Corfumanchu

i do understand what you mean. I gave up work because I couldn’t afford 2 in nursery. If subsidised care had been available I may have had more children too. But can’t change the past

Well, times change, but weren’t you delighted when they finished nursery and you no longer had to pay for it?

I bet the op would love to have bought their house for what you paid for yours

Bloody hell 😅😅

I can’t afford 2 either because one on the full pay was a struggle - so couldn’t afford more than that.
we will still have to pay for care before and after school, and holidays when the time comes.
but happy with the one. I have step kids too who are older :)

Oh yes mortgage just adds to the struggle lol
I guess there are pros and cons to every decade!