I’m a self-employed freelancer about to take on a long term client. They need me to commute to their office in London for one full day a week. The rest of the contracted hours I can work into my schedule and around DS nursery.
He is currently in from 8am-1pm Mon-Fri, and with me in the afternoons. I’m hoping to get advice on what you think would be the least disruptive and kindest to him:
A. Extend his half day at nursery to a full day (worried about him not napping long enough but only once a week hopefully not detrimental) and have him do just one full day a week.
B. Have a nanny get him from nursery at 1pm and look after him at home until 7pm.
C. Cancel that day at nursery and have a nanny one full day a week, 7am-7pm.
Is it even likely to find a good nanny for such limited hours one day a week?
DH and I also would love to spend more time together. We’ve been wanting to get in a date night once a week or fortnightly and wondering if this is an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone — if we go the nanny route and then have them look after him until 10 pm on that day? But I would feel sad barley seeing DS at all one day a week and worried he is too young to understand/might feel abandoned not seeing us all day?
What would you do/think is best?