One of my parents is pregnant?

[Ben10mad]

Hiya
One of parents is pregnant i care for her two girls 20 hours per week. She asked me if i could still care for the girls whist shes on mat leave i said yes of course as she will keep new born with her, But she wont be working so surly if shes not working she cant claim childcare costs could she?

[donnawalsh123]

Im pretty sure your still entitled to tax credits whilst on maternity leave, as 1 of my mums is on maternity leave and uses tax credits to pay me.

[onceinabluemoon]

I'm still caring for LO whilst mum is on maternity leave and now having baby occasionally as well to get her used to when she starts full time in a few weeks.

Mum is still officially employed by her company and is still getting paid by them, therefore still entitled to tax credits.

[flowerpots]

i still got my tax credits and childcare entitlement when i wa on mat leave and i claimed mat allowance.

[Ben10mad]

thank you xxxx

[sillysausage]

The last time I had a parent who was having another child I looked after the elder child whilst mum was on maternity and yes tax credits are still paid. Mum was really glad that I could continue with the older child as the new baby had quite a few complications which meant several hospital stays.

When baby was 6 months old I cared for him one day a week and the older child stayed home and had valuable one to one time with mum. This meant that when mum returned to work and I needed to get a variation for one full day a week I was able to use both the sibling and the continuity of care reasons.