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MrsH497 · 24/03/2023 17:34

Hi everyone
We are thinking of moving our 2 DD's out of their current nursery. Some niggles with the eldest which is impacting the decision along with cost of £94 a day per child.

We've interviewed a couple of nannies (circa £15 an hour net) and been looking at others (live out not live in)

Childminders are few and far between where we are.

I've signed up to childcare.co.uk

I just don't know what the best solution is at the moment. My head is so full of info and I don't know what's best for my girls. I have to work I have no options there. We have no family who are able to help as they work or live too far away.

Has anyone used a nanny?

Any other ideas I'm missing?!

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MrsH497 · 27/03/2023 22:49

JustASquareMoreChocolate · 27/03/2023 19:36

My kids same age. Have a nanny. The eldest uses free hours entitlement to go to school nursery which is structured - we get 30hrs so all day but other friends with nannies mostly use 15hrs. Combined with play dates, classes, clubs etc they get the benefit of preschool education and school prep and nanny picks up and drops off. For us at least it’s been a complete no brainer, kids get 1:1 attention but also out and about and reinforces local friendships, they’ve made new local friends, and nursery at same school as reception so eldest (who has some speech delay) well prepared for transition.

That is really helpful thank you so much!

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