To consider applying for nursery when ttc?

[SharpPinkDuck]

As the title says. We are moving next year to a village with 2 nurseries both of which are completely booked until 2029 with 100 family waiting lists. This is no good for our DS who is going to be almost 2 next spring so we are having to find an alternative option which is a shame as he is probably going to have to go to school without being able to experience going to nursery.

We will consider ttc again in the future and am considering given the waiting lists in our village, telling them I’m pregnant when we start and giving a proposed start date of 12-15 months in the future.

If we are successful within 3-4 months as last time, I will just say the due dates have shifted slightly with scan etc and ask to shift the start date to my preferred date.

Cannot believe I’m even having to ask this but has anyone else done this, and were you even successful in getting a place?! I feel the nurseries will probably say they are fully booked even at this point…

That by itself doesn’t mean anything. When you sign up now it offers you three automatically generated usernames and they’re all made up of three unconnected words, one a colour. So you can’t ‘realise who it is.’ - this thread isn’t right though, I agree with that.

This poster has a very distinctive style. I absolutely can realise who it is.

Thank you for your contribution.

I put mine on the waiting list when was 3 months pregnant and the nurseries were ok with that, even though I didn’t know sex and name by then. They told be to put ‘tbc’ on the register and update them once the baby is here. A couple even said that I’m a little late already, where I live it’s usual to get on a waiting list before the baby is born.

Surely this is a joke ? I mean how do you even know you will get pregnant that easily I had secondary infertility and it took 3 years and ivf to have a 2nd child despite being under 35 when ttc and it took 2 weeks of trying to conceive my first child. Regardless it’s really selfish and stupid.

You said it was because of the style of the username.

Thank you for your very patronising contribution. Hope that helps.

Surely putting a date 12-15m in the future makes no sense unless you are wanting the baby to go there at less than 6 months? Is that the intention?

This is disgusting.

Clearly a troll, although I’m not entirely sure what kind of a person is that dull and bored enough to troll mumsnet 😅 reported this thread to HQ.

I really dont think that’s a good idea. Just wait until you’re pregnant even if very early.

Our nursery were the next people we told after immediate family when I was pregnant with baby 2. I registered DC1 with them at 22 weeks pregnant and 7 weeks pregnant with DC2. the nursery has been instrumental in our lives and I didn’t want to loose a place. DC2 left this year to go to school and I cried a lot. There’s a lot to be said for finding somewhere you’re happy with can afford can get to and be the right fit for your child