I worked at a daycare for 5 years, nannied for 5 years and have now been a SAHM for 5 years. AMA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you see a different in what kind of parent sends their kid to daycare versus hires a nanny versus stays at home?

Mostly class differences.

In my experience, parents who send their kids to daycare are working class, parents who have a SAHP are middle class and parents with a nanny are upper class.

A lot of the decisions with what to do for childcare depends on income, not wishes or wants, unfortunately.

IME, working class sends to cheap in-home, probably not licensed, or uses "kith and kin" care, middle class sends to daycare centers or SAH, upper class does nannies.

Some of the worst kids I've worked with had nannies in the early years. Often they didn't do well in a group situation, and seemed to have more behavior problems. When you exclaim you have a "nanny" it translates as a poor connotation.

Not to me. The kids in you preK class (private school) all had good nannies and were bright and well socialized. It all depends on what you call a nanny. There are nannies and housekeepers-who-babysit.

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[list] [quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What was the most difficult situation you ever had to deal w as a daycare worker and as a nanny? [/quote]

Working at a daycare was so stressful because there were just so many kids. Trying to meet everyone’s basic needs made the day go by fast but I never had a break. I had a child choke once (on an apple core) but the Heimli ch worked immediately. That was the most stressful incident but my day to day was very stressful.

As a nanny I felt like it was emotionally stressful? Spending that much time with someone else’s kid and doing doctor runs and basically becoming a third parent is very emotionally taxing. I had a child who had an allergic reaction and that was incredibly stressful as I was alone. Having coworkers makes it easier but being alone is scary.

It turned out well, thankfully. Despite being a very anxious panicky person I tend to do really well in high areas or dire situations. [/quote]

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So you watch another kid during the day in what’s basically a nannyshare. What is your take on nannyshare? (It worked for us. My child was in one with a child the same age and I’ve never seen two kids happier when they see each other again.)

[Anonymous]

Pp here. Nannyshare also meant we could afford someone amazing with 20 years of experience who we would not have been able to afford on our own.

[Anonymous]

This thread got resurrected after a year and a half. I would not expect the OP to continue to answer questions after all this time.