nanny's

[dylsmum1998]

hi does anyone know if the childcare grant that pays for nursery/childminder also covers nanny's as well.
my dd is currently with a cm, who i'm not 100% happy with at the mo, several small things.
i also need someone who can have ds net year as diff uni hours mean i cant be there to collect him myself. was thinking if cant get a cm for both would i still get 80% help with a nanny? ( not that i know how much a nanny costs)

I don't think they do, Nanny's pay is alot more aswell so you'll have to make up the difference. I think you'd have to check on this one. Is there not a student at your Uni who can do this for you? They would be alot cheaper. Sometimes some of the teaching students do some babysitting, they have full CRB checks and references.

had a feeling that might be the answer, but just in case anyone had succeeded thought i'd ask.
i need them to be with registered childcare so i can get help paying, so students are out of the question.
looks like will be trawling cm lists to find one that can take both dc

I have problems. I'm a third year student nurse. The shifts are an absolute bugger.

i tried to get them a childminder together last year and couldnt do it. luckily i only needed one after school a week so a friend helped me out so only had to get a cm for dd. this year i need three after school for ds and dd looked after 3 days. i hope i have more luck this year
how do you work round the shifts- lucky i dnt have that problem

my neighbour used to drop him off for me in the mornings, I'd pick him up after school. If I worked late shifts I'd take him to school, she'd pick him up and hand him over to a babysitter when he turned up. I escaped nights. It was a nightmare. I may use most of my bursary and pay for a mothers help to collect him, bring him home, feed him and make sure he's done his homework. I'm debating whether it's worthwhile going back. I already have a law degree and have almost finished a MSc but I need to find something that works around him. I've been sewing at home for people but it doesn't pay enough. I am also writing childrens books. It's so hard juggling everything. I'm worn out all the time.

Ahhhh...

It's nannies not "nanny's"

(Sorry, just had to)

lol sorry my grammer is quite bad, i am spending the summer reading up on things to try and sort it out.
my apologies all gone belly up

avenap is this your final year in your nursing course? it would seem a shame to stop now if your close to finishing. i did look at nursing the shifts are one of the reasons i decided not to go for it. hats off to you for getting this far.