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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old is your child? A 1 month old needs very different kinds of care than a 3 year old.[/quote]

6 months. We are not considering daycare at all because we want individualized attention for baby. But I can’t imagine managing a nanny either. During my parental leave, I spent a lot of time at local parks and just wasn’t that impressed with level of interaction. Everyone talks about the educated trained nanny but a true Mary poppins type is so rare. [/quote]

I felt like you did at your stage of parenting. Didn’t consider daycare because I wanted individual attention. No family in the area. I was similarly underwhelmed by the nanny-child interactions I’d see at the parks etc, and when I interviewed them it didn’t get any better.

Here’s what I did- I hired a younger woman (college senior) who was so loving and happy and basically got to train her to do things exactly as I wanted them.  (I am not apologizing for being a control freak about my kids). She and I became close and it really worked out. I hired a graduate student next and had the same relationship. I also didn’t work FT and kept super flexible hours.  I also wildly and unapologetically overpaid. I never understood why people cheap out and hunt for deals on childcare! It’s like- the most important thing.

I just know I’m going to get flamed for this post. I realize I am very very lucky that this route was an option for me. But I stand by it all these years later. Good luck, OP. Go with your gut.  [/quote]

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