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Confused about Nursery!!
right, my dd is 2 1/2 (3 in april), and i have a ds who is 6 mos. When my ds was newborn, the hv mentioned how dd will be going to nursery in january. I then got a new hv who doesnt ever seem to be around.
I rang the hv to see how i would go about getting dd into nursery, a woman who wasnt a hv, just an assistant said, ring up the nursery and just ask them. so thats what i did.
They said they would take her in january for 2 afternoons a week and that they would get back to me. i asked if i had to pay anything and they said no. Nobody seemed to pick up on the fact that she was 'early' at this point.
I had a phonecall off them just before xmas, and then it was picked up on that she was early. They said they do take some 2 year olds but not often. I asked what the reasons were they take them early and they said that sometimes its to help mum out or for some specific reason. I said how i wanted DD to go becuase she has slow speech development, and she doesnt get too much interaction with other kids her age. They still said she could go 2 afternoons a week.
Now, no one has mentioned anything about paying anything, but from what i can find oinline, some people do, some people dont, and im just so confused!! We went for a taster day last week and she loved it, this afternoon is supposed to be her first hour alone.
Another thing that is puzzling me is, a friend, whos dd is similar age, has started nursery, but a different one, so that mum can go to work, and she is paying.
I dont want to be landed with a massive bill i cant afford because people have forgotten to tell me stuff.
and i feel really stupid asking the teachers now x
I rang the hv to see how i would go about getting dd into nursery, a woman who wasnt a hv, just an assistant said, ring up the nursery and just ask them. so thats what i did.
They said they would take her in january for 2 afternoons a week and that they would get back to me. i asked if i had to pay anything and they said no. Nobody seemed to pick up on the fact that she was 'early' at this point.
I had a phonecall off them just before xmas, and then it was picked up on that she was early. They said they do take some 2 year olds but not often. I asked what the reasons were they take them early and they said that sometimes its to help mum out or for some specific reason. I said how i wanted DD to go becuase she has slow speech development, and she doesnt get too much interaction with other kids her age. They still said she could go 2 afternoons a week.
Now, no one has mentioned anything about paying anything, but from what i can find oinline, some people do, some people dont, and im just so confused!! We went for a taster day last week and she loved it, this afternoon is supposed to be her first hour alone.
Another thing that is puzzling me is, a friend, whos dd is similar age, has started nursery, but a different one, so that mum can go to work, and she is paying.
I dont want to be landed with a massive bill i cant afford because people have forgotten to tell me stuff.
and i feel really stupid asking the teachers now x
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Hope you get the response you want.
Liz x
Hope you find out the info you need. Good luck.
xxx
It was the best choice i made though because she has come along leaps and bounds. She's such a cleaver little thing and suprises me loads sometimes. Best thing to do is too see whether ur prefered primary school has a nursery aswell to see when they have intakes then you can decide on where you will send your LO beforehand