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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A foolish economy, OP.  Your son will be sick a lot his first year in daycare -- make sure you have the time to take off a lot of work.

When you tell your nanny make sure to ask her is she will occasionally babysit your child so she doesn't just vanish from his life.  [/quote]

Why would she want to come back?  OP has her son waitlisted for daycare and NEVER mentioned it the nanny.  Why would she work for someone this sneaky?  [/quote]

Because the nanny will be thinking about the best interest of the child and I am sure she loves him.  Two is a terrible age to to transition into a institutional environment for a child who has only known one-on-one care (it is why preschools start at three-years-old not two) and the poor little thing is going to need all the consistency and support MB, DB and the nanny can muster.  [/quote]

Oh please.  This doesn't need to be a dramatic and traumatic thing.  It's a perfectly normal evolution, and millions of kid do wonderfully in daycare.  Lots of nannies know this is a natural transition also and appreciate an employer who gives good notice and good references.

There is no good reason to worry an employee that their job may or may not be ending (as would happen if you let her know that you've put your child on a waitlist).  Ample notice and graciousness about severance, references, etc... are all that's required.[/quote]

Children do fine in daycare when they start as newborns and never know and different.  Pick up any Childhood Development book and read how damaging it is to switch a toddler to a daycare setting (all day for 8 hours) between the ages of 18 and 35 months after having been home with a a parent or caregiver.  Why else would most reputable preschools start at three-years-old and not two-years-old?  [/quote]

Name one child development book that says this. Just one.[/quote]

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