Anyone combine nanny and nursery for baby?

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Thinking of having a nanny for 3 days and sending to nursery for 2 days for 9 month old baby. Has anyone done this? Any drawbacks?

We did this with our eldest, but flipped it (3 days nursery, 2 days nanny). It was WONDERFUL. She got all the benefits of socialization, but she also had some low-key, quiet days at home. I worked from home most of those Thursdays/Fridays (before COVID!) and it was terrific, because I could have lunch and afternoon tea with my DD, then get back to work. I got to see her way more than if she were in daycare 5 days a week.

Our nanny also did basic cleaning / laundry when DD was napping or playing contentedly by herself, which meant that on weekends DH, DD and I could actually have nice relaxed (well… “relaxed”) family time and not just be scrambling to do chores before the week started again.

I’d 100% recommend this to anyone for whom it is an option.

I have nannied for a family who have done something similar... nanny 1 day, nursery 3 days. No drawbacks from my viewpoint. Baby was happy having different carers on different days. Still happy now as a toddler.

We do this. Nanny 2 days, nursery 2 days. It works great. Lots of fun and messy activities with the other kids on nursery days and one-on-one time with the nanny who speaks to DC in their second language.

We did this for both of our girls and has been ideal. You get the best of both worlds. Nursery offered structured large scale messy play activities, socialisation etc and the nanny allowed the kids to have lots of one on one attention and pursue activities like ballet and swimming during the week.

The other big bonus was extra emergency childcare options so if the baby is sick and can't go to nursery the nanny can sometimes fill in and if the nanny is sick, nursery at times was able to find a place for the day.

I didn't send mine to nursery until they were 13 -14 months old though so it might be a different experience for younger babies.