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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an almost 4-month-old and I’m going back to work part-time. My MIL will be watching our baby until we hire a nanny or put him daycare at six months old. My hope was to go back part-time for the first year, but we are finding it hard to find a nanny willing to commit long-term working part-time. We are on the waitlist and have a spot opening up for us when my son will be six months old. The daycare is highly rated and close to us. There are pros and cons to both but I think having a nanny while young will be the best option. We would like to have a nanny but I will likely have to go back full-time. I’m really struggling with what to do. [/quote]

Get the full time nanny. Even if you work PT, you can definitely use the help. Having time off for day dates, appointments, exercise, cooking, what have you is going to increase the quality of the time you have with your baby. You will be able to nap when your kid goes through the 10 month regression (which lasts from 8-10 months for many babies) and wakes like a newborn again. Daycare is also pretty hard on babies. Most don’t have a nap room and can’t customize a schedule. I know so many moms who ended up having to do tubes due to multiple ear infections. I really think if you can afford it (and it sounds from your posts that you can) you should just go for it. If you work full days, you can do 10 hours a day to help with commute time and your getting ready in the mornings. What’s left will just cover two short days (or do a fourth 10 hour day). But take more help than you can get the first year, even working part time. I worked part time from home the first year with full time help and it was still a lot. I was juggling several other things which may not apply to you but I think in general overestimating the help you need is good.. [/quote]

I understand sickness but ear infections are not contagious. That has nothing to do with daycare. An ear infection can not be passed from child to child. That is a separate issue and has nothing to do with the baby being in daycare. [/quote]

TRue but colds easily lead to ear infections and colds are plentiful in daycare.  Bottle-propping, also common in daycare, can lead to war infections too. [/quote]

Do you have anything to support your notion that bottle propping is common and, separately, that leads to ear infections?[/quote]

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