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i felt for a while i might have a problem with something like this, one of my twin girls was repeating the first word or the first few words. but i felt that there were a number of things going on.... gaining the attention over her sister as she was the one talking, combined with, maintaining that attention, combined with, thinking of the next things to say (once she had gained the attention). it all went away - from their point of view (externally) i didn't react to it - whilst internally i was taking mental notes to see how long it went on for etc i.e. to keep an eye on whether it was more than this and could be a problem it comes back periodically but sometimes it can just be a matter of gaining time whilst they are trying to think of the right word for the thing they want to say - their speech develops really fast and they can take a bit of time to remember the right word. i just try to be very patient and sometimes it can be quite humorous to see how many times they say the same word. i am not worried about my girls, they have both had spells doing it but if you are more concerned - absolutely - follow it up - better to get things checked out. think one of my daughters first did it when nearly 3.

If anyone was interested in this thread - we had success - Southwark agreed to split the funding, a contributing factor was that we had been completely up front about our plans with both providers.

thanks again fuschia we had found that link and are following this up with our local cllr

Thanks Fuschia Yes, I did actually write to the school (well, to the head of early years) and tell them why we would not be able to use the 5 days, because of working requirements). the actually form i then received, just had the offer of 5 days and I then returned it completed, only accepting 3. I would have assumed that this was enough paperwork - especially as no one had indicated there was any kind of issue. We intend to contact the councillor about this. I do appreciate your response. I now understand that that a blind eye is generally turned to this double funding because of the administrative issues but I would suggest that they either play it one way or the other - either they turn a blind eye or they do it properly and allow funding to go to the providers of the care, as the D of E suggests should be possible. thanks again

Hi everyone I would be very grateful if anyone has had any experience in this area. We know from the Department of Education that it is possible to split the Early Years Education Grant between two providers. We are both working parents (I work part-time because I have to financially). We send our children (twins) to a private nursery for 2 days per week and then took up pre-school places at a Southwark school for 3 mornings per week. We were completely open with both providers of this childcare about what we were doing and neither brought up the funding situation as an issue. We have now been told, in May, after starting this provision in January 2011, that the grant will only be paid to 1 of the 2 providers and that the school will always come first. Therefore our nursery tell us that our monthly fees will go up by ?300 per month. I believe that Southwark should fall in line with the DofE and enable split funding as this current system is not fair and does not suit anyone who works. We, as working parents, who are just trying to get by and make a living, are being penalized very heavily and are going to find it difficult to find an alternative solution because of our particular circumstances; we cannot come up with extra money just like that with no warning. We feel that this is our grant for our children. Southwark tell us that because we were offered 5 mornings at pre-school, it is irrelevant that we only can use 3 mornings - the full grant still goes to the school. Any help would be very welcome Thanks

Well done to you Goose Green for such a welcoming statement on the forum.

where's the best place to get a toddler's hair cut around here? thanks

Does anyone know of some good ballet/tap/contemporary dance classes around here?

haven't had a chance to read all the posts but i thought i'd share my experience. i have twin girls. i noticed the same thing in one of them that she seemed to be mixing up those two colours and of course it concerned me. i would try to ask her particularly about those two colours without making a big thing of it. in some ways it seemed like a blip as she now has no trouble identifying the difference - 5 months on. they are now 3.5 years all the best

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