Questions about studying with kids

[StretchmarkBarbie]

I'm actually doing my Bnursing at the moment. Half way through year 2 with three young kids and a FIFO husband. When doing up my timetable I try avoid any classes before 9am so I can do school drop off. Although for one semester I had an 8am lecture (on a Monday morning!! Eww). But we hinted around for an awesome daycare with a before and after school care program affiliated with DD1s primary school. DD2 was only 11 months old when I started and damn it was hard. But it gets easier. I think the biggest thing is finding early/late care for when prac is on. Because shifts can start as early as 6am or go as late as 11pm.

[StretchmarkBarbie]

Cooking and cleaning, well I cook a weeks worth of meals, or prep all meat and veg for the slow cooker over the weekend. Cleaning is done as I go and we do a big scrub every Saturday morning. During exams or if I have a really big essay due, things tend to get messy. But it is always there the following day (or week) to catch up on

[RHJ]

I had one starting school the year I started my BMID and it was hard. I had 2 in full time childcare. First year can be pretty full on as you have the anatomy and Physiology component that takes a lot of study usually. I used before and after care for my son. It was great as ours is really flexible with bookings, so works well for students! I mostly used before care as we often finished at 2or 3 pm and I could then nip off and JUST get there in time, or one of the other mums would stay with him till i got there if need be (max 10 minutes after the bell). Was great.
Not sure how far you are from uni, but one thing to consider with daycare is that if you are on prac shifts, you or your partner will need to drop your kids at the uni. If the Uni is far from where you live, or the opposite direction for your partners work, then it may be better to have her nearer to your home.
Cleaning is never a high priority for me- so the house gets pretty yuck during the peak parts of semester. But my DH is really great and helps out with lots of the cooking. Bulk cooking and freezing is a great way to go.