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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My opinion is that a nanny is not better than daycare unless you can afford it and it makes your life easier.  SAH is great, but if that's not what you want to do, then daycare makes more sense to me than a nanny.  Then, in this area, I'd send my kid to a good public elementary (at least try it out).  Then I'd try to go public for middle and high school if possible and fund whatever college my kid wanted/could get into so they didn't have debt.

SAH is fabulous, and I do it, but in the end quality care for the first few years is the most important, and you can get that at daycare or with a nanny (although my preference would be for daycare because many nannies I see around here don't personally seem to me to be offering better care than a really good daycare).  But a good nanny is nice too.  Public school if it'll work for your kid is so good in so many ways.    [/quote]

A nanny is much better than daycare for the 5 and under crowd because the parents don't have to miss work when the kids are sick. The kids get much more individual attention, and importantly, the nanny has your detailed instructions on how the parent wants things done. Plus, a high caliber nanny does light cleaning, cooking, laundry and errands, so by definition makes your life easier than daycare.[/quote]

Depends, again, on the nanny and the daycare. I had a 7 month maternity leave and when I would go on neighborhood walks, you would not believe the number of nannies who are on their cell phones oblivious to the kid. Or the ones that leave kids in swings unattended. Who knows what they do behind closed doors with no other adults around. Some nannies, OTOH, were excellent. They were incredibly loving, interactive, sing and play with the children.

As for daycares, I sent my DD to an on-site daycare because I could BF every two hours. I could pop in whenever I wanted to. I liked the fishbowl aspect to it. The head caregiver in the infant room had been there for 30 years!!! The kids seemed happy and bright. I did not like the director, but, I thought it was a small trade-off.

I don't think that there's one childcare solution that fits everyone. [/quote]

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