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[quote=Anonymous]For those of you with two children below school age, please share how you handle the logistics of childcare. Our first is in a licensed in-home that we absolutely love and we always assumed we'd send all our children to this wonderful woman. But now that we're expecting our second, I can't imagine how the logistics would work of dropping off our younger baby at the in-home and dropping off the preschooler at a more school-like center.

If you have experience, please share: (1) if you do send your children to full time care at two different centers, how do you physically do it? Do you put baby in an Ergo, walk preschooler into class, then put baby back in back seat and drive to second location and wheel that baby in for drop off #2? That sounds like at least half an hour worth of hassle! (2) Did you go with a less than first choice provider just so you could have one drop off and pick up? There are centers that could accommodate both children, obviously, but for an infant, I really like the in-home model and I especially love the woman who cares for my child currently.

Alternatively, if you found that full time out of home care for 2+ kids was just not worth it, did you go for an au pair or nanny and then get part-time preschool for the older one? An au pair sounds like a great option but everything I read says that it ends up costing more than you expect - covering them on your car insurance, your family phone plan, food . . . not mention a portion of your home - so I'm not sure if it really is cheaper than just getting a nanny. But if you have experience either way, please share the pros & cons from your perspective and whether you think you really are saving anything over just paying for double childcare out of home.

Thanks for any perspectives you can share![/quote]

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