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[quote=Anonymous]I was wondering if I could get some advice on our care situation. Apologies in advance for the length!

DD is 11 months, and in a nanny share. We really like the nanny, and DD has really built a rapport with her and the other baby (also 11 months, they are 2 days apart). We just received a call from the daycare near work (10 min walk away) that a spot will open up starting Sept 1 (DD will be 13 months old). The other wrinkle in this is that the other family is thinking of moving (within town, but just a little farther away, which could make pickup and drop-off a bit more onerous). They want to continue the share as long as they can and are willing to drop off at our house, but I dont know how long that would work, and hopefully works out, but it might get annoying. They are looking to buy a house, and have put down several offers, but haven't had anything pan out yet with the offers.

If we are still in DC, and we get in, we will put her in a preschool near our house starting at 2yrs old (Aug 2013). I put her on the waitlist in Dec 2011, so we have a pretty good shot of getting in. It is a bilingual preschool (Spanish) and the nanny also currently speaks Spanish to DD)

We really like the nanny share situation we are in, but I worry that DD would need/enjoy the social interaction that the daycare would offer, as well as all the toys and the playground next to it. She gets social interaction now with the other baby (they love playing with each other) and we could probably do playdates (there are kids around). This is where my question is - am I going to deprive my child of the necessary social interactions she needs?

The downsides are that the location of the daycare near work would mean that I would have to schelp DD and her stuff on the Metro during rush hour (~30min) both ways (right now, we drop off in the car and the other family lives 5 min away) and we would most likely pull her out anyway in 10 months or so to go to the other pre-school (since I REALLY want her to go there as it is in Spanish and English). I worry that if we go to the daycare near work, and then go to the preschool, that will be a lot of change in her life, and is it best to avoid too much change in their lives at that point (or am I being too sensitive, will they adapt?).

The other downside to the nanny share is that though it is going swimmingly, the other family might move, we might move, it might not work out in the end and maybe then I will wish we were in daycare?  :eek::confused:[/quote]

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