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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People should give OP a break. Yes she is anxious but she’s from another culture where daycares aren’t used.

OP, care.com is not that hard to use. I usually do a manual search in addition to posting a job and write to the ones that seem promising. We do paper screen (ask for CV and have them answer a few questions), phone interview, in person, and if all that goes well check references and working interview of 1-2 weeks where I am home. I think it is fine to not want to trust your kid with a random person. But we have used nannies and preschool for under age 3, which is when I think they are fairly vulnerable/ less verbal. You just do your due diligence and that is it.

[b]As for the people who are saying day care is usually fine, tragedies happen.[/b] A baby was killed by a worker at a daycare in town last year. Extremely sad. I think the worker had other life stress and took it out on baby. That is why I personally want to meet and vet the people who are caring for my child. I would not leave it to another person (agency, director). It’s a high burnout job and requires a certain combination of maturity, positive energy, and mental stability.

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Are you suggesting that tragedies don't happen with nanny care? One reassurance with day care is that there is always more than one caregiver on site.[/quote]

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