Nanny/parents/nursery - what's best combination?

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In my continuing quest for the best childcare solution I have another question to put to you ladies. Any opinions/experience gratefully received.
I am returning to work when DD is 9 months. Is it best for her to have a nanny for 2 days and 2 mornings a week (and parents the rest of the time) or nursery one day a week and parents the rest of the time? I had been a fan of nanny over nursery but would that matter so much if we are talking about just one day a week (and it is a good nursery although still of course without the one to one I wanted for her).

How realistic also is it for me to work from home for 2 mornings without childcare?

IMO, I'd say the fewer carers the better, which would be nanny plus parents. I would advise against working from home and having two children in your care, unless you could do your work at flexible times (e.g. the night before) - too much stress otherwise, I'd say.

Have you considered/looked into childminders at all? Originally I went down the CM route because of cost and availability as much as anything, but 9 months later ds is very happy there and although he's risen to the top of a nursery waiting list and been offered a place, I don't want to move him - dp and I, and both my parents who've seen him at the CM's, feel we got really lucky.

Think it's unlikely your work would be happy with "working from home" without childcare, particularly as your chances of both children being asleep or able to be left to amuse themselves at the same time seem a bit low with 2

I don't have 2 children - just the one DD - who will be 9 months when I return to work. Probably garbled my pist a bit so sorry if I confused you!

The one thing I havent looked up is CMs, but thats because I am worried that with so many children potentially my DD could be left without the individual attention that until 18 months she will absolutely need.

It does depend on the CM and other mindees, mine has a big family including husband and several almost grown up daughters - there were two toddlers there during the day of whom ds was youngest but there's currently only one. But a CM may well be able to provide as much, or more, one to one attention as a nursery.