My son is 19 months old and first went into any kind of childcare at 12 months - at which point two childminders gave up on him after a couple of weeks, saying they had never had a child simply fail to settle at all like that - he would cry for 6 hours straight. We then found a nanny who could look after him one to one in his own home and it was slow progress but he did fine with her. She recently left us and after week one, the new nanny quit - 6 hours a day crying, never had a child simply fail to settle like this. I dont know how to handle it or what to do! I'm over two thirds of the way through a doctorate I really want to finish having put so much in, else I would be tempted to quit and look after him myself. I am only working three days a week, and he has me the rest of the time. He also had a brother or sister due in November, no idea how he is going to respond the THAT challenge. Any tips? Any experiences? I dont know where to look to next for childcare!