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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t care about a nanny’s training. I care if she’s present, healthy, rested, and emotionally regulated. And that’s asking a lot of someone who usually has a long commute, immigrant relatives to support, etc. it’s very expensive to find a great nanny AND pay her fairly.

I will be guiding my own children (male and female) to take as much mat leave as possible, even sabbaticals, etc. Do anything to get each child to age 1 without daycare if possible. And then do the enormous legwork to split an amazing nanny in a share. Unless I’m able bodied enough to care for them myself. [/quote]

Maybe you shouldnt meddle in your adult children’s lives so much - especially when you dont have a valid point.  There really isnt a problem with a high quality daycare.  And if it’s a low quality day care kids shouldn’t be there at any age[/quote]

I can’t imagine dropping off my 3-4 month old at daycare. So sad. I say this as a person who was a working mom. We visited many daycares and I just couldn’t imagine leaving my tiny baby in that environment. My mom watched my first when I worked and we had a nanny for my second. Both went to preschool with extended care (daycare) when they were 2.5-3 years old. I stayed home with my third and she also started preschool at age 2.5 but she only went for 2 hours and eventually increased to 3 hours.[/quote]

Wow.  You cant imagine.  It’s almost as if you aren’t the center of the universe nor uniquely qualified to make a decision about what is “right”.  Have you considered that?[/quote]

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