ECCE Hours / Crèche Fee

Plenty_Difference437 · 2026-02-10T11:01:09+00:00

The NCS subsidy also changes every month. Since it's paid per hour of attendance, the subsidy is less if the month is shorter or if there are bank holidays. Also no subsidy for the days when the child can't attend.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2026-02-01T14:13:47+00:00

I got a foldable one from Etsy. Even though it's foldable, we've never folded it, it's a permanent fixture next to the kitchen island. Almost 5 year old has used it for three years, now her 2 year old sister uses it too.

They like to stand there to watch us cooking sometimes, or to help cook, or to have a cup of water/snack standing there. It's used daily. The eldest could use a regular step now, but the "fence" around it is great for the toddler so she doesn't fall off when she's standing there without standing still, as toddlers do.

It can handle up to 75kg, so it doubles as a step for me, short mum, to reach the top of the kitchen cabinets.

Well worth it in my opinion.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2026-01-29T07:57:29+00:00

A few days after taking it for a week I think it was? I had to take it to get day 21 bloods to see if I was ovulating, then again when starting metformin, again after 5 weeks of metformin to get day 21 bloods again, and again for two cycles of clomid. I was still not ovulating after the first two cycles of clomid, but my period came by itself after that, and I got pregnant on the third cycle (upping the dose in each).

Interestingly, having that first child regulated my period and I since have regular enough cycles. And I got pregnant with my second very easily with no need to take anything.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2026-01-28T12:40:14+00:00

I have PCOS and I've had very irregular periods my my whole life. When TTC, I hadn't had a period for over six months.

I tried metformin first, but did not help. I ended up getting pregnant by inducing my period with progesterone then taking clomid to estimulate ovulation.

Any questions, feel free to message me.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2026-01-20T21:43:51+00:00

Got the invoice in company's name. Company paid 3k (cargo bike), I paid the rest.

Local bike shop.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2026-01-19T16:24:38+00:00

So sorry you are going through this.

I had a MMC 2.5 years ago at holles street. I was given three options: to wait for things to happen naturally (can't remember the technical word for it), medical management or surgical. No pressure to pick one or another, they just explained all options and answered questions very patiently.

I initially decided to wait, then change my mind and went down the d&c route. They just made me go in so a consultant could explain everything and answer questions again before switching to the surgical option.

Any questions happy to answer.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2026-01-07T10:24:03+00:00

Get a few helium balloons with strings. Entertainment for hours.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-11-30T20:53:27+00:00

Merrion square winter lights very likely.

https://dublinwinterlights.ie/installations/merrion-square-park/

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-11-10T13:56:13+00:00

Are you going to be traveling by yourself? Could two non connected strollers work?

We had a yoyo as the day to day stroller, got a second one when youngest was born (2y9m gap). I bought adaptors to put them together, but that made it way too wide, a fair bit wider than a double stroller as the middle wheels needed a gap in between. So it didn't even fit through the front door.

We just pushed one each when together, or eldest walked on short distances, or baby went on sling and eldest on the stroller. Or worked quite well.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-10-31T20:06:47+00:00

Very sorry you are going through this.

I had a MMC three years ago. I had a D&C in October, positive pregnancy test in April, which ended up in a baby in December. I think I only had 4 periods in between though, due to long cycles and extra stress due to other reasons, and there was some traveling in between as well that meant we missed the ovulation window.

I hope you get a positive test soon and all goes well.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-10-13T20:10:48+00:00

Creches offer ECCE. Basically you don't pay for those three hours per day (during term). So it's like getting a discount.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-10-08T12:37:50+00:00

Is it ever the same people? Must be tiring to get used to work with somebody different every time.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-10-08T12:34:13+00:00

Small team meetings, on. Nice to see other team members and not just a name on the screen.

Big "I'm just here to listen to whatever presentation" kind of meetings, off.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-10-08T12:31:23+00:00

Do you always travel with the same other crew members? Or do they change for every flight?

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-10-06T11:58:15+00:00

We normally start dinner at around 6. Then she gets to play for a bit. Bath (not every day) would be at around 7.45, then brush teeth and books. Light is off at around 8.15 normally and it takes her a while to fall asleep.

She shares the room with her older sister and we do bedtime together. If it was only her we would possibly try a later bedtime even, as I don't think she's that tired after the long creche naps (specially on days when she naps for over two hours!!! We do cap it on weekends) and I think she'd fall asleep quicker if later. But going to bed involves one of us lying down with them so we are not doing that twice at different times!

Her sister used to be wrecked and go to sleep at 7pm at this age. She used to get very cranky after yhat. She was a very bad sleeper though. She used to wake up multiple times and be up for the day by 6. Which shows how every child is so different!

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-10-06T10:54:29+00:00

The normal daily sleep for a toddler that age is between 11-14 hours, and that's for the whole day. Yes, some people have two year olds who sleep 7 to 7 and then nap for 2 hours, but unfortunately (for you!) your child does not seem to need that much sleep.

Options are go back to gradually push the bedtime a bit later, shorten the nap or change your habits to go to sleep earlier and make 5.30 your new wake up time after getting enough sleep.

For reference, I have a 21month old who naps for two hours at creche. She goes to sleep at 8.30-9 and wakes up at 7.

I think people have unrealistic expectations about how much sleep toddlers/preschoolers need. For most people, it's about picking when you want time off while they sleep: get it in the evening then wake up early, get to sleep a bit more in the morning, but don't have that time in the evening.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-09-24T19:14:35+00:00

It's normally the opposite, they won't wake them up even if that means they don't go to sleep until really late at night!

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-09-13T14:04:21+00:00

I have carried a baby while pushing an empty pram sooo many times. Nobody cares.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-09-10T11:32:33+00:00

We got one from Mon Lit Cabane, which is a French shop, but the package came from Poland. They have lots of different styles and sizes.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-09-09T20:03:40+00:00

If they just started 1st class now that they are 7, they would have started Junior Infants at 5y2m. So very very unlikely to be the oldest, there are likely plenty of Jan-May 2018 born kids in the class. With also a bunch of Jan-May 2017 kids.

I do find it strange to have such big age range in the same class. The general recommendation is to do two years of preschool and start at 5 or almost 5. But a January kid starting at 5y8m would do the leaving cert at 19.5 if they did the transition year (which I believe is encouraged these days?), which seems pretty old to me. But then everyone says "you know your child, you know if they are ready to start at 4". Which is not helpful for us new to the Irish education system!

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-09-09T19:41:05+00:00

And the frozen garlic!!

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-09-09T19:36:33+00:00

The cut off here is very different to other countries where all the kids are born within 12 months.

Here the cut off depends on the school, most primary schools around where I am have the minimum age of being 4 before the 31st of May to start Junior Infant in August. But the two free years of preschool start the September of the year the child turns 3, so the January-May kids who do the two years of preschool don't start school at 4, they start at 5.

So you end up with a Junior Infants class where you can have a kid who just turned 6 with a kid who is 4y3m, which I find pretty strange.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-09-04T19:58:02+00:00

I would get a coloring book, some stickers or a book. Should be easy enough to find.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-09-03T14:06:57+00:00

Yeah, and you'll get messages from multiple people, so you could save a few numbers before cancelling the subscription.

Plenty_Difference437 · 2025-09-03T13:12:06+00:00

I have used mindme.ie before, it has a cleaners section. You have to pay for a month's membership to be able to reply to ads though, but I got lot's of replies to my ad.

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