Daycare or Nanny?
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Anonymous
| I'm going back to work in January when my baby will be 4 months old. I will be going back to work part time ( 3 days a week) and then full time at 6 months. MY MIL will be watching him for the first two months, but we will need a nanny or daycare when I go back full time. We like the idea of a nanny but it's expensive. We will have to do everything legally and rates here are $16-20 per hour. The daycare we are looking at is $2k per month and puree/snacks are included in the price. It's also only a mile away from our home. We could put him in daycare 3 days a week - daycare gives option of 2, 3, and 5 days, and my MIL will watch him the other two. MiL will be backup if we use daycare or a nanny. Which one would you choose? |
Anonymous
| Daycare. |
Anonymous
| Nanny while he is young. Revisit daycare when he is older. |
Anonymous
| Nanny until 2-3 then daycare. We did that with my oldest and the savings on my time off since she was never sick was worth it. No drop off or pickup and her laundry was done. |
Anonymous
| Nanny at least during the winter months for an infant, because of flu season. |
Anonymous
| Nanny. And start her before you go back to work. MIL as a babysitter is a “challenging” prospect and rarely works out. |
Anonymous
| That’s pretty cheap for a nanny. Definitely go with a nanny. |
Anonymous
| I vote daycare! |
Anonymous
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Absolutely nanny. One caregiver in his own home with his own stuff. He’ll have the rest of his life in institutions.
Let him stay home with one loving nanny on cold winter mornings. |
Anonymous
| One year with nanny, then transition to daycare. |
Anonymous
| We did daycare. More eyes watching. |
Anonymous
And more kids to watch. Not sure about your logic. |
Anonymous
Op here. $40-60k a year is cheap for a nanny? |
Anonymous
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NANNY.
And lots of grandmothers say they’ll babysit for days and days but I have never seen it work out in American culture. The grandmother either disregards everything the mother asks or the grandmother flakes. They forget how hard taking care of a small human is. A good nanny will engage your baby, socialize him, teach him and, most important of all’ love him. Huge plus for you is that the nanny will do all child related chores-baby’s laundry, putting away and cleaning baby’s toys, wash baby’s bottles and dishes, make fresh baby food, etc. Daycare sends everything home dirty. |
Anonymous
He’ll, yes!! We pay $25 an hour for one child and consider ourselves lucky. She is amazing! |