I'm battling to think straight about DD's childcare needs and could use a steer. She's 2y 4m old.
Current setup is 2 half days at a local nursery, and a 9.30-4pm day in a nanny share with a friend's DC. I'm wondering if at some point she'll need more/different (or I'll need more of a break!) but I'm battling to anticipate this.
Other things:
- Current nursery is one with a very deprived intake and lots of families with additional needs (addiction issues, attachment issues, all sorts). That's not my perception; they pride themselves on working with those families. The staff are brilliant though, and I trust them and the setting fully. She's happy there. But at what point / if any does the intake start to matter more? She's the youngest in her 2-3 room but the most verbal, already knows letters, is bilingual - does she need to be challenged more? If not now, when?
- We were thinking of moving her to another local nursery for two days a week (we put her down for a place before the current nursery came up) but they do full days only and I wonder if a full day would be overkill at this stage. But if we don't move her, they may not have spaces later (this is a problem in our area). And this nursery only has one intake, in Sept. That nursery can only offer us days that actually aren't convenient, but there are no other local nurseries I liked the look of.
- We're TTC a second. I'd like her settled wherever before a sibling comes along.
- I WFH for myself, so I use her nursery time to work but we're not reliant on the money I bring in.
- The nanny is very reliable and caring but means I get turfed out of my own home for an entire day.
WWYD?