Is anyone else slightly worried about childcare costs?

[Pootles2010]

Am having a mini-panic. Just starting to look at local nurseries - the only one which has a website (Montessori) costs £19 a session (which is a half-day). I'm going to have to work full time, my family live 3 hours away, so we're looking at full time nursery - £190 a week.

Obviously will get child benefit, and hopefully tax credits. I did a quick online assessment, and it said we'd be getting around £80 a week. We fall just under the tories' threshold so hopefully will still get something, but i'm not counting on it. Even if we do, thats still £90 a week. Thats still £360 a month - how on earth do people afford that? Please tell me i'm missing something!

They have been the same as long as I have been registered which was 2007. That is for childminders not nurseries, its slightly different for them as there are more adults in total. Childminders are allowed 3 children in the Early Years group (which is under 5's) of those 3 only 1 can be under 1. There are exception to this such as twins but you have to prove to ofsted that you are capable and that it's in the best interests of the children.