Morning or afternoon sessions?

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I'm thinking of putting DD (23 mths) in nursery for 3 sessions a week so I can concentrate a bit on freelance work from home.

I can't decide whether to put her in morning or afternoon.

For Afternoon:

• I think it will be easier to get hold of clients/ get some work done in the afternoon (1.30-6)

• All the toddler groups are in the morning, so we could still have fun together.

Against Afternoon:

• At the moment DD normally has a 2 hour nap in the afternoon (I know, lucky me!), so I can normally do a bit of work then anyway.

• I don't really want to pay for her to sleep elsewhere for 2 hours/ or to be really tired all afternoon at nursery as she's missed her nap.

Just wondered what other people think would be best?

Mornings definitly, that way she will be tired out when she gets home, and you can carry on working as she naps.

I found afternoons a nightmare. My son was just too tired to get much out of it by that stage of the day. Now he does mornings, then comes home, has lunch and a bit of quiet time - it works out well.

Morning vote here as well

I'd go for mornings, your DD is likely to be less tired and so will get more out of nursery, she can sleep when you pick her up and give you a bit of time for housework rather than work work.

If I only worked half a day I'd rather it be in the morning so I had the afternoon free without the spectre of work which you would I would always have looming over me in the morning if I worked in the afternoon iyswim.

Mine do a bit of both (2 mornings and one afternoon) - on the plus side, afternoons mean you can do something in the morning, especially in the winter when it gets dark so early. I find that after they have had a nap there's very little time to go out in the afternoons. But the nap thing is a bit of a nightmare. Mine start at 1.30 and it's impossible to get them fed and for them to have a sleep before they go and they're prety cranky by the time I collect them.

I'd choose mornings.

mornings, although i have found trying to get these sessions a nightmare. they are like gold dust,dd had to do the first year afternoons then mornings a year later.