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[quote=Anonymous]My DD has been an full-day (9am-6pm) preschool 3-4 days per week since she turned three.  She really likes it there, and I have trouble tearing her away from playing with her friends at the end of the day.  For example, she is much less resistant to going in the mornings than she was to going to the in-home daycare she was in previously for similar hours, which was just not stimulating enough at the end.  She is very sociable and outgoing.

We are expecting our second child in July, right around DD's 4th birthday.  We will be getting a nanny this time around, probably to start around November (though we are flexible).  The expectation is that the nanny would work 10 hr/day, 4 day/week.  (I work only part-time.)  We cannot decide whether to try to switch then-4yo DD to a new, PT preschool this fall and have her with the nanny and baby PT, or leave her at her current school and have nanny be primarily responsible only for baby.  (With a pay bump on those days DD ends up staying home for whatever reason.)

I think it would be cheaper to switch, but we are fortunate that cost is not really a concern.  I'm not so much worried that DD wouldn't adapt to a new preschool as I am worried that she would actually prefer/thrive in the full-day preschool setting rather than being with the nanny and a newborn.  And I could see advantages to the baby in having those 3-4 days a week with lots of one-on-one time.

DH doesn't want to rock the boat and spend time researching and applying to PT preschools.  I was inclined to agree, but then saw a post on the nanny forums where people really jumped down MB's throat about leaving 4yo in full-time preschool instead of home with nanny and baby.

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