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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents bond, nannies are caretakers.  She sounds good if she's supervising and keeping them safe.[/quote]

Not even close to being enough for me and my children.  I want (and have) a nanny who is engaging, playful, happy, and loving.  If I just wanted them to be alive when I got home, I’d send them to daycare.  [/quote]

Having a nanny isn’t always better than day care but keep telling yourself that.  You want your kids to have socialization.  Day care is better for that and will prepare your oldest for school. [/quote]

Having a great nanny is better than the best daycare.  A great nanny can do everything a great daycare can do plus lots of extras - extra attention, extra reading, extra play, homemade food, quiet home environment, etc.  There are ample opportunities for a great nanny to socialize your child in play groups, play dates, storytimes, even just the park without your baby forced to listen to other screaming babies and teething toddlers.  This is just a fact, PP, not an opinion.  A ghost educated and experienced nanny has a better skill set than even most parents.

That said - if you cannot find it afford a great nanny, a great daycare beats a bad or mediocre nanny hands down.  [/quote]
I have to agree. We hired an energetic 55 year old nanny and she mothered my kids far better than I did. She taught me a lot. People constantly approached me to tell me how wonderful she was. We absolutely got lucky. My kids almost never got sick, they got to the library constantly, made their own friends at the playground, and got to eat her amazing food. I have to say I think it was good she was older, not just for experience reasons, but because I think she was less predisposed to be on her smartphone all the time like I see roughly 50% of nannies. I think it's well known that children need a primary attachment, and I'm not sure how that works when you have 5 women working in your classroom in daycare. Our nanny became part of our family and from what I understand, most of my friends don't know their child's daycare caregivers very well. [/quote]

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