MSE Parents Club Part 12

SusanC_2

Here you are:

• limit an employee to no more than four weeks' parental leave per year - see the page in this guide on when parental leave can be taken and for how long
• permit an employee to take leave only in blocks of one week (individual days if the child is disabled) - see the page in this guide on when parental leave can be taken and for how long

Taken from businesslink.gov.uk.

But they are allowed to be as flexible as they like which would surely be in their intersts if it means you can return rather than them having to hire someone else. I wonder if perhaps they are misunderstanding the guidelines?

jillie1974

jm- what a 'mare.

pinkpig08

Thanks Susan It was my boss who suggested the career break option (well - HR told her), which I think would be a better option than parental leave anyway.

How is it that my baby can't bear to be parted from me but can crawl off whilst my back's turned and make her way out the back door???

We went to a play-centre today and I was sat with her in the baby/toddler bit. She LOVED the other children - but she is liable to scratch them and pull herself up on them so I have to keep bringing her back which she doesn't like. I might look into the nursery option. Do they do settling in sessions?

jillie1974

pp-
all the nurseries we looked at all had settling in sessions. had to pay a deposit and then arranged start date and settling in sessions. if i decided not to use that nursery as long as i gave them notice i would get my deposit back.

not all children will like CM's and not all will like a nursery.

we have the best of both worlds with ours. there is only 3 babies. The 2 days Kian is there, one day Kian and one other are there all day and the other he's on his own till bout 11am and then from bout 4. so he gets plenty of attention and 1-1 play. prob more than he would have got from a CM. then when the toddlers play out they take Kian and the other babies out so they can all play together.

Sami_Bee

Jillie - if you are as we say 'round here "'avin' a 'mare" you're having a nightmare of a time

Sami_Bee

tarajayne wrote: »

I remember that scare, was going on with DD1 and 2, some thought I was mad getting them vaccinated.

Seems crazy that it was still a problem in the late 80's though when quite clearly it was a different vaccine.

I'm not 'that' young Susan said it was still in use until the mid eighties which was when I was born

btw I totally hate you for not feeding in the night past 8 weeks I'm all mixed up because I just joined Ed in his nap, feel like I should be having bfast not tea *yawn*

searching_me

hello lovelys ... not long in from a crap day at work and had dinner, i popped the kids to bed after a much needed cuddle ..

just letting it settle then off to make jaydens cake .. so tired though ...

how is everyone? x

aless02

oooo, gone quiet again. Not much going on here - just chillaxing. I remember who else it is that hasn't been around for a little while - harley.

BrunoM

I am so pleased that Elijah has moved on from liking ITNG (which I can barely tolerate ) to being very keen on Numberjacks (which I think are awesome! )

SugarSpun

I saw Harley on FB earlier on.

Poor Molly just had her first proper fall down from standing to flat on her back