Annoyed nurseries and waiting lists!

[DulwichEastMum]

I need to get my daughter who will be 1 in may into a nursery BUT I've put her name down at a few but the waiting lists are so long!

I've tried bright horizons, mother goose, gumboots

Is there any other nursery ???

[Strawbs]

My son goes to 'my favourite nursery' on upland road. I do think their waiting list is also long but it cant hurt to give them a try. Hope you find somewhere.x

[jennyh]

Ditto my favourite nursery. They have got very busy in the last year so not sue of the list but worth a shot.

[hellosailor]

recent threads on this on here have suggested that Oak Tree on Tell Grove (off East Dulwich Grove) has spaces.

[womanofdulwich]

it might be worth trying a childminder or nanny share for this age.

[verds]

I left it late last year and found the same thing! But Oak Tree had places and it's lovely. It was perfect for when my little girl turned 3 and was waiting for a place at a school nursery.

[DulwichEastMum]

No my favourite nursery dosent have any space either!!!!

[DulwichEastMum]

Don't really need a nanny or childminder as I have granny to look after her I just wanted a a few days of nursery for social interaction

Has anyone heard of rainbow smiles ?

[Monkey]

Have you tried Asquiths?

[DulwichEastMum]

Not keen on them. Everyone seems to have negative feed back about them! ( west dulwich !) Peckham rye has a long waiting list to

[womanofdulwich]

I hear you, and lucky you to have granny, but childminders and nanny shares are really good for socialising, they will take to playgroups and they will interact with other charges, nanny shares esp like this age as so many little ones come to them at 1 and go to nursery at 3-4 so they know they will get 2 years of conistent care/ work.

[DulwichEastMum]

Woman of dulwich , would the nanny come to your home ? Sounds abit silly buy I have no idea! I live with my mil ...

So I've had a bit of luck mother goose has space!

[womanofdulwich]

thats great- nanny share - just depends what you want and works best for the nanny share.

[Convex]

Oak tree will shortly be full on some days, but if you aren't stuck on particular days they still have space. I would call them soon though as they see to be filling up now there is an up and running baby room to see in action.

[DulwichEastMum]

I've had an offer from mother goose so I'm going to say yes! I spoke to oak tree but was told it was dependant on the waiting list. I'd rather stick to a nursery that has the offer as I know mother goose waiting list is very LO too!!

[Sol]

I started to believe all this nursery waiting lists are just a trick to may themselves more desirable; the other issue is that people always put their name down in at least 3 nurseries which increase the waiting lists; in reality you just need one to offer you a place. With a bit of chasing I have always been offered places in the nurseries I wanted for my two children

[DulwichEastMum]

Sol I wanted gumboots I really really really loved my visit there!

[sillywoman]

Umza, just being nosey so feel free not to answer, but why won't granny be taking her to playgroups - I know a few local Grannies who do exactly that?

[DulwichEastMum]

Silly woman- grannies are there to love cherish and spoil :) I don't expect her to in her age go to playgroups!! I am grateful enough she will be looking after my daughter - as if that and the cooking/ cleaning/ shopping/ picking up and dropping to nursery etc isn't enough for her!!! I'm sure she will but the fact that I have gotten a nursery space at mother goose is amazing news!!

[Bellenden Belle]

That's interesting Uzma, that you see playgroups as an awful burden. I think it's the one thing that Baby Belle's granny loves the most - she gets to meet and chat with other people and she gets to see Baby Belle enjoying different activities. My funniest experience was when she took him to a library group and he was asleep throughout - she stayed and said she "enjoyed the songs immensely!"

Is Uzma a Muslim name? Forgive my ignorance ..There is actually a Muslim women only playgroup at Peckham Rye one o'clock club on a Thursday.

But I agree it's brilliant you've got a nursery place.

[DulwichEastMum]

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I edited my post as I didnt think I needed to justify myself.

[Bellenden Belle]

Oh Uzma - I didn't see your post but I truly hope you didn't think I was being in any way critical. I really wasn't. It rang a bell with me simply because actually sometimes I have found playground quite hard work myself and have been amused / surprised at how granny loves them. All grannies are different but there are some who absolutely relish the experience of mixing with other mums/ childminders/ grannies

[Sol]

I think you should wait for gumboots if that's what you really want or transfer her once you get an offer. It doesn't matter at this age, it will give her grandma a break if she goes to nursery a few days. It is hard work looking after young children.

Good luck

[nabz]

sorry to steal thread...just wondering if anyone knew how much it is to put name on waiting list at gumboots? need to do it ASAP but keep forgetting!

thanks!

nabz x

also where is the one o'clock club in peckham guessing it starts at 1!? lol

[Bellenden Belle]

Twenty pounds for gumboots (when we joined eighteen months ago) and the one o'clock club session I mentioned is 10 - 12 on a Thursday with other sessions, some open access some restricted on other days.

Full details here:

http://www.edtots.co.uk/one-o-clock-clubs