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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with PP, about OP et al, patting themselves on the back. I'm a nanny btw. Some ppl put their kids in daycare because they're not comfortable with having a nanny and that's okay. I put my child in daycare because I, myself, am a nanny and if I need to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table. There's no need to develop some type of superiority complex because you " sacrifice" for a nanny. I know a lot of well to do folks choose daycare because it's the best option for them. There's enough kids to supply both daycare and nannies with income.[/quote]

I'm a mom also using savings to pay our nanny, but I agree 100% with this poster. We use a nanny because it is much more convenient and allows us to decide how our children will spend their days, but a good daycare offers different but equal benefits, especially for children over 2 IMO.[/quote]

NP here and I disagree in that I don't think that daycare has equal benefits over a nanny even for a two-year-old.  I want my kids to have the security that only napping in their own beds and being with one person devoted to their well-being can give them.  Between 2 and 3 a few morning classes a week and some park time are really all kids need to thrive.  By three a half-day preschool is perfect.

We most definitely sacrifice to pay for a nanny for our now 1.5 yr old.  She is fantastic and my son is growing leaps and bounds in a secure and loving environment in his own home.  Our nanny (who is extraordinary) is actually better at teaching him that I am. 
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I'mm the "different but equal" PP. I agreed with you, above poster, when I had one child. Now that I have 4, none of them school-aged yet, no one of them is getting that kind of obsessive, one-on-one attention anymore, and it's just fine. They have so much fun together that it more than makes up for the fact that my two-year-old takes a later nap than she would have had she been an only. Plenty of kids nap at daycare, btw.[/quote]

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