Anonymous wrote:We have been lucky to have a wonderfully caring nanny for both of our young children. My oldest is now in PK3, and due to Covid we really never considered transitioning to day a with him. But I think there are a lot of benefits to daycare as they get older.

What do you think is the ideal age to send a child to daycare?

depends on the kid's personality, level of independence and level of attachment to you. One of mine stayed home with me until K (we did preK activities and academics at home and she has always been advanced in math and reading at school) and always wanted to be with mommy or daddy. The other was ready to move out of the house and into his own place at 2 1/2. He forgot about us as soon as we were out of sight. (At school he does very well socially, but not academically.) I don't think there's any benefit to forcing a clingy toddler to go to preschool or daycare if you have the option to stay home with them. Instead of trying to keep in step with what other posters tell you is the ideal schedule, just tune in to your tot's needs and feelings. It's about what's ideal for your child, not some imaginary universal ideal.

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Anonymous wrote:If Nanny is best from age 1 - 2 years of age, what did you do for socialization? I understand its best for kiddos to be around other kids from 1 - 2 years of age.

My kid was home with me until he was over a year old, now he is almost 2 and his nanny makes sure he gets a lot of time with other kids. They’re almost never just hanging out at our house. Instead, they’re at the playground or the library or a recreation center near us, they go to story time, they go to a music class once a week. She coordinates with other nannies so he sees some of the same kids on a regular basis. YMMV depending on the nanny, but I definitely don’t worry about his socialization.

I've been to parks. Some days are nice but still lacks of activities and not always you can find kids with the same age to play with.
And kids still gets sick. Even more since they are outside most of the time.

And family daycares and centers kids get sick too. It's life.
You gotta expose them to germs. Or they will have a compromised immune system. I know a kid who never got out of the house and he's a wreck. Poor kid. I always blame the parents.

PP. not sure where you live, but in my very walkable neighborhood in DC, there are always lots of kids/nannies at the playground on weekdays. Same at the other places she takes him. He interacts with kids a variety of ages. At his age it’s more about parallel play anyway.

Not sure what you’re talking about with regard to sickness? Yeah, my son still gets sick sometimes, but way less than kids who are in daycare. Also, it’s a myth that kids need to get sick a lot to build their immune systems.

Being exposed to germs doesn't mean you will always get sick...the child needs to to expose freely in different environments, not just the park

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Anonymous wrote:If Nanny is best from age 1 - 2 years of age, what did you do for socialization? I understand its best for kiddos to be around other kids from 1 - 2 years of age.

My kid was home with me until he was over a year old, now he is almost 2 and his nanny makes sure he gets a lot of time with other kids. They’re almost never just hanging out at our house. Instead, they’re at the playground or the library or a recreation center near us, they go to story time, they go to a music class once a week. She coordinates with other nannies so he sees some of the same kids on a regular basis. YMMV depending on the nanny, but I definitely don’t worry about his socialization.

I've been to parks. Some days are nice but still lacks of activities and not always you can find kids with the same age to play with.
And kids still gets sick. Even more since they are outside most of the time.

And family daycares and centers kids get sick too. It's life.
You gotta expose them to germs. Or they will have a compromised immune system. I know a kid who never got out of the house and he's a wreck. Poor kid. I always blame the parents.

PP. not sure where you live, but in my very walkable neighborhood in DC, there are always lots of kids/nannies at the playground on weekdays. Same at the other places she takes him. He interacts with kids a variety of ages. At his age it’s more about parallel play anyway.

Not sure what you’re talking about with regard to sickness? Yeah, my son still gets sick sometimes, but way less than kids who are in daycare. Also, it’s a myth that kids need to get sick a lot to build their immune systems.

Don't send kids to kindergarten 😂🤣🤣 if you are so scared about them getting sick.

Home school then, keep them forever and never to school, family daycare, center😂🤣

Being exposed to germs doesn't mean you will always get sick...the child needs to to expose freely in different environments, not just the park