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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you need to divide your question into two parts:

Does your baby NEED to be anywhere other than your home? Well, other than time spent regularly, and that means daily, outside in fresh air in any weather, she doesn't NEED anything.  All the intellectual stimulation she needs can be accomplished by simply talking to her and pointing things out nonstop.  This doesn't have to be anything special or made specially for babies. Your nanny can take her to the grocery store and walk along the produce aisle intoning - here's the tomato - see? want to touch? tomatoes are red and round, sometimes soft, sometimes hard.  Construction site - see? here are homes being built. People live in homes. Homes have walls and ceilings. Look at these windows. Yay!  You get the drift.

Music etc.  can be easily done at home. At this age, you are basically looking for stimulation (diff textures, sounds, sights).  Zoos, aquariums, libraries etc. are nice but I promise you that your baby will get nothing out of them by virtue of being there, it's more about the words she hears, and that's utterly up to the nanny.

Now, having said that. Does your nanny want to get out of the house? Yes, she absolutely does. There is nothing wrong with that.  So think about how much leeway you are willing to allow there and go from there.  When my son was that age, the nanny took him out twice a day, and they basically walked around the streets for hours.  Oftentimes she would meet with her nanny friends at the park, putting the baby on the blanket.  That's perfectly fine.  Don't get into the nonsense about other babies and playdates, no one needs playdates until closer to maybe age 2.  I mean it's nice to watch other kids but they aren't doing anything together.

So i would relax the leash a little bit but understand clearly what your baby does and does not need at this point. [/quote]

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