Nursery vs childminder - 4 month old baby

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Hi, I'm currently trying to decide what's better for a 4 month old baby? I will only need childcare for 2 mornings a week from 4 months on. Has anyone any experience or views on what is better. The nursery is closer and I would expect cheaper but is a childminder more beneficial for such a young baby? I am new to all this so would appreciate your views.

I'm not 100% sure about the separate outside areas at the moment, although the manager said they had plans for more things outside for the babies. I will go back and have another look. So far I think the nursery is the way to go. So glad I don't need to worry about full days, that would be too much so young. Thanks for your replies ladies x

For two half days it probably doesn't matter that much (my DS started nursery 2 half days at 7 months) but generally nurseries aren't really appropriate for babies imo.

I'm having the same dilemma but my DD will be 12 months old. CMs don't seem able to commit this early on and the only ones I know through recommendation are term time only which makes things a bit tricky for us. There is a much recommended big nursery and a small nursery which a friend of a friend recommends nearby. I just don't know what to go with and find it really hard to judge nurseries as they all seem chaotic and shabby to me which I find off putting.