Nanny, CM,or Nursery - 2 kids

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Ohh i love a good weekend of procrastination!

We have a pot of money we are spending = £1100 pm for nursery for kids amazingly in glasgow this means we could afford a nanny

1 x 7 month old
1 x 2.5yr old

I am a firm believer in baby bonding with 1-2-1 carer - and my toddler was with a CM which worked brilliantly for her

we relocated and i was heading back to work and opted for nursery for both as its one drop off and easy to cover holidays - which we did struggle with when we had a CM

but i cannot get over dropping a wee baby into nursery the babies room - i am not enjoying him being there and he is not sleeping during the day or eating his lunch very well - the "girls" are lovely and really helpful but nursery is a different pair of hands welcomin baby and its not a homely environment

i interviewed a great nanny this weekend - my thinking is she could take toddler to toddler groups - and then next august toddler gets nursery funded 15hrs anyay in nursery that will feed her primary

i am procrastinating the hell out of this as nanny somehow feels too posh!..

but actually nanny is cheaper than CM for baby and toddler in nursery & I stongly suspect it would make my life as working mum a whole lot easier

any thoughts..

Just reading this thread as thinking of getting a part time nanny in the future when I return to my real job. I found the arguments regarding paying the nanny in cash interesting. I am currently childminding and as such I am self employed. Surely you could write the contract with the nanny to state that she is self employed. This means that she bills you for the hours she works. You pay her and the rest is up to her. If she doesn't pay tax/NI that is her responsibility not yours.

Sharin - this is an old thread, best to start your own. No a nanny can not be self employed, it is very rare... they are not a childminder running their own business, they are in 99.9% of cases an employee.