Hi all...
so as you may know if you have read my many other thread, I am having a bit of a childcre nightmare!
I have recently gone back to work after 5 years as a SAHM. I have gone back 60%, but have my hours spread over 4 days. I have 6 kids aged 12,11,8,6,4 and 2 1/2.
Life is incredibly stressful right now. I am finding coping very hard. It breaks my heart to think ds is so unhappy....
I have looked into childminders, but with no success.
We are at the point now of considering a nanny, although it would work out at about 2X what we currently pay for childcare a month 
I just feel that the advantages would be huge, (if we found the right person) and would be worth having a couple of years where most my salary went on childcare if it kept my sanity and meant I could carry on with my job/career.
We have had a nanny about 10 yrs ago when ds1 and dd1 were little....but things have changed since then!
So....I want to find one myself, rather than go through an agency. I am prepared to advertise/interview/check references etc...
So...where is the best place to advertise....I am thinking netmums, and have begun looking round childcare.co.uk....where else should I try?
any other key points to consider????
I will be negotiatinhg a gross wage, and have an ideas of what experience/qualifications/characteristics I'm looking for...I will most likey be using a payroll company (used nannytax in the past, but think there are others these days...)
what else do I need to think about ??
any tips welcome! 