This is such a first world problem but I'd like your experience/advice on this topic. For some background I work from home M-F and DH works M-Thurs. I'm looking into a nanny/house keeper for 3 days a week who will watch LO, speak some Spanish, and also help out around the house. (Currently we do all house work ourselves), my mom would help one day a week and DH is home with me on Fridays. The daycare is your typical M-F. If the cost were the same which route would you go?
Off BC, NTNP since
June 2011
Started
acupuncture/herbs July 2012
First BFP 9-8-2012,EDD
5-15-2013, heartbeat of 175 at 8w2d, mmc discovered on 10-26-12 (11w6d) Cytotec
on 10/26/12
8/23/13 DX with
non-IR PCOS
Second BFP 9.12.13,
EDD 5.29.14, heartbeat of 114 at 6w1d, mmc discovered on 10-18-13, D&C on
10/23/13 (baby girl/Trisomy 10)
Third BFP (surprise at
Beta draw after d&c) on 1/10/14 (15dpo), EDD 9.20.14 Please be our RAINBOW!
Re: Daycare vs housekeeper/nanny
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Off BC, NTNP since June 2011
Started acupuncture/herbs July 2012
First BFP 9-8-2012,EDD 5-15-2013, heartbeat of 175 at 8w2d, mmc discovered on 10-26-12 (11w6d) Cytotec on 10/26/12
8/23/13 DX with non-IR PCOS
Second BFP 9.12.13, EDD 5.29.14, heartbeat of 114 at 6w1d, mmc discovered on 10-18-13, D&C on 10/23/13 (baby girl/Trisomy 10)
Third BFP (surprise at Beta draw after d&c) on 1/10/14 (15dpo), EDD 9.20.14 Please be our RAINBOW!
We kept her because we knew we were going to have another child and are really happy with her. We'll keep her on with both kids for probably the first year, then go to daycare. E will start preschool two mornings a week in Sept.
By the time she turned 1, when DH would take her to the park she would really want to be with the other kids we saw there, so we felt like it was a good time to move her. It was a pretty painless transition, she was so excited to be with other kids.
DD1, born 4/10/11 at 32 weeks
Cooking #2 Due 9/18/2014
Off BC, NTNP since June 2011
Started acupuncture/herbs July 2012
First BFP 9-8-2012,EDD 5-15-2013, heartbeat of 175 at 8w2d, mmc discovered on 10-26-12 (11w6d) Cytotec on 10/26/12
8/23/13 DX with non-IR PCOS
Second BFP 9.12.13, EDD 5.29.14, heartbeat of 114 at 6w1d, mmc discovered on 10-18-13, D&C on 10/23/13 (baby girl/Trisomy 10)
Third BFP (surprise at Beta draw after d&c) on 1/10/14 (15dpo), EDD 9.20.14 Please be our RAINBOW!