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[quote=Anonymous]Apologize in advance if I'm posting in the wrong forum or asking really dumb questions, but we're about to be first-time parents after a 10-year battle with infertility and many, many losses. Over the last 10 years I got to know a ton abut infertility, but I know absolutely zippo about child care (except what I learned babysitting and caring for younger siblings). Please excuse the total ignorance of this post.

So, we are having a son in August (knock wood). I can stay home through October, and DH may stay home for November. When I go back to work, I plan to work part-time for at least 6 months. During the time that I'm working part-time, we'd need childcare from 8:30am to 6:00pm for three days a week (pref T/W/Th, but that's negotiable). Once I go back to work full-time, we'll be looking at center-based care.

Trying to decide what's the better option for those three days a week during the period when I'm part-time and he's an infant - an au pair or a part-time nanny. Thoughts? What's the better option? Will it even be possible to find someone to be a part-time nanny for such a short period of time? FWIW - we have a two bedroom condo, so the au pair solution would mean living in semi-tight quarters for awhile. Not crazy about that. If it matters, we're in NWDC.[/quote]

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