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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry for the cross-post.  I posted this in the general parenting forum this morning, but the moderator locked the thread because it should have been in the nanny forum.  I got some great suggestions before the thread was locked, so would love to hear other thoughts:

DH and I both work full-time, and we have one child, a 2 year-old son. He has had the same nanny since I went back to work from maternity leave (when he was about 5 months old). She is wonderful and he loves her. But about six months ago, he really started to get bored at home and appeared interested in meeting other children. So we snagged a last-minute spot at a cooperative preschool, where he goes two mornings/week. He loves it, and in the fall he can attend three mornings/week.

Because school starts so late in the morning, our nanny has to take him to school and pick him up. So we pay her for two mornings/week when she doesn't have to do anything (other than his laundry). Starting in the fall, this will be three mornings/week.

DH and I are both feds, so our income is fairly limited. We pay our nanny well, pay taxes, etc. With the cooperative preschool fees, this comes out to about $65k/year, at least. This is a substantial chunk of our take-home money. We decided to scrimp on stuff like going out to eat so we could keep him with his nanny, but it really is tight every month. We're holding off on many repairs to the house, clothes for us, etc.

If you were us, would you keep him with nanny and cooperative preschool? If so, for how long? What other options would you consider? Our house is large enough that we could have an au pair, but I haven't looked into that much. Should we just bite the bullet and send him to daycare?

Any thoughts/experiences are much appreciated!
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