Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Nanny. You have a lot of moving parts and need something really reliable, and after school sitters are not reliable, and daycares are a lot less reliable than they used to be due to Covid. Nanny simplifies all of it. Your older DD will need different things as she ages and your younger child is not that far from preschool already. You just need to get through the next couple years, and even if a nanny winds up being 5-6k more of the course of that time, I'd consider it worth it for the reliability, assuming you can swing it.
We've done part-time care for our DD and it's always very challenging. People quit or circumstances change because you are not providing them with full time employment so they have to piece it together a different way. Or they are a student and students just have more stuff going on and things change.
Full time nanny is your best shot at not having to be constantly adjusting your childcare situation. Get the little one to preschool age and then you'll be able to drop the nanny and do a combo of activities and aftercare, and you'll feel rich all of a sudden.
OP: Thanks I think this is the confirmation I needed just to go ahead with a nanny. Once I can get over the hurdle of hiring / figuring out a work agreement etc. I am sure it will make our lives simpler in the long run and not cost us significantly more than the other option. I know baby will start preschool in Sept 2023 so we only need to solve for about a year.
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