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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had my first child in May. I am going back to work in September. We have looked into a nanny but it is expensive. We will be paying legally and most nannies quoted us $18-20/hour. We need someone 40/hours a week. We found a daycare for $2k/month. We will be paying like $50k/year for a nanny. I have been deciding whether we want to daycare, nanny, or quit my job. I want to go back to work but considering taking a year off and then enrolling in daycare when he turns one. What would you do? [/quote]

If your job is one that you can pretty easily go back in year, WHY IS THIS EVEN A QUESTION during Covid times?????? No one wants to expose their family to the added risk of a nanny (and everyone she interacts with) or a daycare center (with all those kids, plus their working parents). We just do it because our jobs are not conducive to just taking a year off.

But aside from a health risk perspective, are you the type that would go nuts being home for a year? I quit my job when I had my first child. I was envisioning giving my child the best care ever, full of love, and the extra enrichment by a highly educated mom v. the quality of nannies in my budget. But frankly, being a SAHM did not suit my personality, and by month 10, I was ready to go back to work and have more stimulating adult interaction.

Plus in hindsight, I now realize that it does not matter if the caregiver only has a high school degree or has a college and a graduate school degree from fancy schools. Or even if they don't have a childhood development background. It does not matter if the caregiver's English is terrible (since so many nannies are immigrants). How caring the person is trumps all. Of  course they have to have basic good judgment and be responsible, but you don't need someone with a degree or English fluency to get better quality care for infancy. [/quote]

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