morning drop off only??

[rahat]

Hi all this is new to me. I am moving to crystal palace soon and have found a nearby nursery opening at 0800hr. getting into work in central london for 9am is going to be too tight as the trains from crystal palace are slow to london bridge or the overland goes every 15min......does anyone know if its possible to emply someone to come in the mornings only and take my 12m son to nursery only and then i can leave earlier and make sure i do the collection.....not sure if anyone else has something similar as thats all the help we need? if so where would I go to find this person?
thanks a lot
bw
rahat
ps alterntaive is buying a vespa which scares me!

Odd - most London nurseries will open at 7.30am for just that reason, so parents can arrive at 7.45, drop off and settle the child and make it to work by 9am.
Happily because it is London it shouldn't be too hard to employ someone for any period of time. I would look for a reliable student (crb checked and referenced) who can work it into their day and hopefully be available for evening babysitting occasionally.
Alternatively, advertise at the nursery. There may be a nursery worker who lives near you and is prepared to do the work for extra cash pay.

You say "we" - do you have a partner? Why can't you split the drop offs and collections?
Before you decide on hours, I would seriously think about what flexibility getting to work for 9am gives you. Any train delay or childish tantrum over getting dressed potentially leaves you getting into work late, only to still have to leave at 5pm sharp to make the pick up time (or be fined by the nursery).

you'd be surprised. i work at st sthomas hospital and its nursery opens at 7am (taking my son through London bridge everyday would be just awful for us both) but apart from that every other nursery in clapham where we are now and C palace seems to open at 8am...my partner is a marine engineer so between him working away and my work as a dr its challenging for us both really. if only the trains at CP were more frequent. student sounds good.....we just dont know anyone in the area but maybe after a few months and once we start at the nursery we can find someone

just out of interest where would you advertise for a student-on one of the childcare websites??

A colleague recently highly recommended this site. They found a great after school nanny through it.
www.findababysitter.com/.
If you are a doctor though don't you need childcare with more flexibility than a day nursery for shifts and emergencies?

I work at London Bridge and see plenty of parents with babies and todlers morning and evening in the train. The trains are not that bad and having your child nearby can be quite an advantage

thanks both-i just cant imagine people helping up and down stairs with the pram.....i am normal hours and will have plenty of notice to plan for on calls etc

I used to do just that. The parents needed to leave at 7 and nursery didn't open till 8 and I started my full time nanny job at 8.30, which was about 5 mins from the nursery so I would get to the first job at 7 do breakfast etc and then drop at nursery for 8 and then onto normal work, also did a temp job just before that one where they had to leave at 5.30 so I stayed over the night before, got the monitor as they left then got baby up and ready for nursery and dropped him off at 7.30 to that nursery. So yes there are people who can do it, either childcare students from a local college (put advert up at the college) or a nanny who starts later than normal.

Perhaps someone from the nursery could do it, on their way in to work?

However, having child near to work is a huge advantage, if you get called for any reason. You can use that time of traveling with child, instead of just dashing about, which I enjoyed. Even things like a well child on abx for an ear infection or something can attend nursery if you can pop in at lunch with the meds. My anxiety wouldn't have coped knowing if I got that "can you come now" call, I was an hour away. Are there no lifts at the station? However, do what suits your family, as every situation is different, this is just what suited us.

A lot of nurseries advertise opening at 8am but will do a 730am start for an extra fee if negotiated in advance (ours certainly does, similarly a 6pm pickup where the official hours are 8-530)

No advice on where to find the type of childcare you're looking for, but I would say that travelling with a toddler becomes a lot easier after 12 months (if they're walking). I hated stairs in the past and dreaded train stations. I now bought myself a little umbrella stroller. Most of the time someone helps me anyway, but if no one around or no one offers, it's still not an issue. DD climbs up/down herself, I carry buggy. It's so light, I can manage her and buggy and bag as well if I have to. Also, DD now loves trains and busses and that's an adventure in itself for her. So I really would give the onsite nursery another thought. I would love to have that at my work!