After a review of our finances it looks like I will definitely be going back to work at least part time in about a year. DS will be nearly 3 and baby (due in March) 10 months. I've thought about it and I'd prefer to use a childminder - especially for the baby, even though DS will probably have started at nursery a couple of mornings a week by then.
Is it too early to start contacting local childminders given that I obviously don't know where or when I'll be working? Also I don't know where DS will be at nursery yet and if he is at nursery it would probably mean the childminder picking him up from there - is this something most childminders can do?
It might take quite a while for me to find the right job and how will I manage if starting that job doesn't coincide with places at a CM coming up? In your experience how do other parents manage this?
I really want to have an idea of how all this will work but don't want to waste people's time when I can only be at best very vague about what I will need!
Thanks