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childcare element tax credits, for time when mot at work??

eliviajen · 2012-04-29 10:26:38

I work 16 hours with two children, the youngest goes to grandparents for childcare as she is a registered childminder, but refuses to be paid having him through her books - we treat her to meals out, and taxi-ing, as a thank you!!! however, the youngest is very demanding and since having him i have absolutely no time to do…

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kingfisherblue Posts: 9,203 Forumite

29 April 2012 at 8:55PM

I am - I catch up on sleep during the day sometimes, as my son still needs feeding during the night, usually four times. He can't have a tube because he has had too much internal surgery for it to be safe to operate.

Caring for children is exhausting, and caring for a disabled child definitely is, but nobody expects to have kids and not be tired or keep a tidy house all the time

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