Childcare dilemma

[danielaforbes123]

I am having problems finding childcare for my DS who starts a year of pre-school in Trinity Edinburgh from Sept 2015. He has been at a private nursery doing 2 full and a half days a week and will continue this until he starts pre-school. We have deferred his start date for primary school so he will be 4.5 yrs when he starts preschool. He will attend from 8.45am to 12.15pm Mon-Fri. I need to find a childminder or possibly a nanny for two afternoons who will be able to pick him up and look after him till around 5pm. I also have a DD who attends same private nursery on same days as DS and I plan to alter her nursery hours to be in line with whatever childcare provision I manage to work out for DS. So far I have not been able to find any childminders who have capacity in my area and I'm not sure where to look or do next. Some thoughts are employing a nanny part time for both my DS and DD but not sure how easy that person will be to find and I also often work from home. Any tips / advice / useful online forums would be very much appreciated! many thanks

[MrsFlannel]

Could you consider an Aupair instead?

[danielaforbes123]

Hadn't thought of that as we don't have the space at home, however an au pair share could work if they stayed elsewhere. Thanks