Who looks after your child/ren?

movilogo

Please select how you manage your childcare during the working hours.

PS: You can select multiple options.

mirrorimage0

im lucky enough to work during school hours so drop my children off and pick them up but on the occasional teachers training days etc my mum will have them or if hubby has a day off he will have them, or pick them up if im on training days sometimes

moomoomama27

We both work, but have managed our hours around the children and each other, which means they are always looked after by either me or my husband.

movilogo

With typical cost of childminder/nursery hovering around £1000/month, I think childcare is more unaffordable than mortgages!

runninglea

Myself and OH do, I work normal 8 - 5.30 hours whilst OH shift starts at 6pm to 1am.

Not ideal but with twins the childcare is £76/ day

hollyh

I run my own business from home so i do. On the odd occassion i have to go out at night or on the weekend for work OH looks after them.

flutterby_lil

We both work full time - DS is at nursery 2 days a week and childminders 3 days a week. Not ideal but after having the child I am carrying I will be working part time, but DS starts school in Sept anyway.

Ravenlady_2

I look after them whilst OH works or does gigs. I book my work for his days off (I can pick and choose from an off duty rota and fill in any gaps that I can do before the matron decided to call in some agency staff).

2 other children are at school so its just orchestrating drop off's/pick ups and the littlest one.

Recently he has had a lot of time off so we have role reversed in order to get some savings for me to live on whilst he is on tour and when the new baby comes.

GreenQueen

DD is at school, we use combination of holiday/after-school care - school days, takes school bus to local nursery, who also do after school care for primary age. One day a week does after school club.

DH or myself try to work around holidays to keep paid childcare to a minimum, otherwise use local holiday schemes.

rachbc

I ticked all but the last option.

My dd has just started full time school and goes to out of school club every morning and 2 evenings. On the remaining 3 eves I pick er up. last year she went to preschool in the morings and was collected by grnadma 2 days, childminder 1 day and myslef 2 days. Prior to that she was in privat enursery 3 full days and 2 half days and I looked after her 2 afternoons. Prior to that she was at nursery 4 full days. and I had her 1 day.

onlyroz

I selected everything. My son is collected from school by a child minder 3 days a week and my husband for the other two. My daughter goes to full-time nursery. The grandparents help out during school holidays (and we also use a holiday club) and when the kids are off school/nursery sick.