So I'm potentially going to be going back to work in the Autumn - first time in employment since having children.
I have a 6 year old and a 2 and a half year old.
I would be doing (probably) 4 days a week inside school hours or very slightly over and I'm trying to figure out the best childcare option for us.
- Would it be worth pushing to do 3 days of longer hours?
- Preschool for my 2 year old and a childminder for any wraparound care?
- Childminder for the 2 year old?
- part time nanny share and no preschool? Esp if I could do the 3 day option?
- what do I do with the 2 year old during school holidays when the older one can do summer camps etc?
All these decisions made exponentially harder by the fact that the preschool attached to our junior school (that is handily on the way to work) is oversubscribed so it's hard to get more hours, and is not going to be offering the 30 hour funded weeks to 3 year olds.
I'm finding it a bit of an emotional upheaval as it is without these sort of logisitics to worry about.