Do you have a nanny?

Nanny walks into our house in the morning and I don’t have to get the kids out in the car to belting them to a childminder or school.

when they are sick and need to come home from school etc. there is zero impact on my work (or Days but let’s be honest, it’s mine that would have taken a hit)

Her holidays mostly match ours so her time off when we need her is minimal.

She does housework too so she’s more like me in I was a SAHM than childcare.

my kids get to come home after school and are there well in time for dinner with their homework done, no rushing in the door to get dinner on and stress about homework at 5.30pm.

She does favours for my mum friends and builds ‘lifts’ currency on my behalf. She has a relationship with other mums and childminders and they help each other out.

I don’t have one now but we had one until our DC was around 3. We both worked full time in v demanding jobs and felt for us a nanny was a better option as didn’t have to stress if DC was ill, and the hours were better for us.

The nanny was amazing and was out all day doing things like classes, parks, and local library, and it was funny on weekends when people would coo over them because they knew them from the week activities.

At age 3 our job situation changed and then they went into Nursery as we could be more flexible with pick ups and illness. Also felt at that age was ready to start learning and have a more structured environment.

I put baby 3 days a week in nursery and two days with nanny.

i feel like baby need a break from nursery. Just like adults feel tired to go office 5 days a week.

in nursery many kids so may compromise with quality of sleep.

when baby at home the nap is a lot longer and I feel more peaceful.

nursey also has tight timetable just making sure babies are occupied. Baby is more like following what’s going on.

nanny more personal and baby take the lead do his own thing and baby just being there . Making sure he is safe.

hope it helps
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