The local authority has been criticised for plans to withdraw funding from nine of its 15 children's centres. Fifty jobs are also expected to be lost.
Councillors were due to meet at a cabinet meeting on Monday to discuss proposals to restructure children's centres round six hubs.
The council is proposing to cut £6.95m from its children's services budget.
However, the council denies that it is closing centres and says it is planning a 16th children's centre at Baron's Court library, which would be run with local community groups.
Conservative Councillor Helen Binmore said, 'We want to avoid having to close any centres and our initial discussions with other local organisations suggest that, by working creatively together, we will be able to find significant savings from sharing running costs and reviewing the services on offer.'
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