I’m having the hardest time finding a nanny in the Philadelphia area. I’ve used care.com and FB groups before and didn’t find the candidates very promising. There are a lot of mixed reviews on the nanny placement agencies. Any advice? Child will be 10mo and we aren’t ready to put them in preschool.

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I would use an agency and avoid daycare at this age if you can. One on one care is better until they’re about 3.

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Agree with this. I’ve only ever hired child care from a referral and wouldn’t consider daycare (PT preschool at 2 or 3 is great). I suggest doing as much mom networking you can—all the Facebook groups, your newborn group, play groups etc etc. Someone will have a referral.

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Both my kids have thrived in daycare beginning in the infant room all the way through to pre-k. I always can identify the kids who start in a school setting later (usually after being home with a nanny). The socialization daycare/preschool provides to me was invaluable.

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Interesting. I can usually tell the kids that went to daycare. They’re scrappy and tend to be the hitters/biters/bullies. I’ve only been right about 95% of the time though.

Why not do a high-qaulity daycare? At 10 months, it would be an infant program.

That's about the age our child started, and though the beginning was rough, she adjusted and now loves it there. She's almost 2 now.

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I would avoid a “daycare” but would do a high quality Montessori school. It feels more “school” and less “daycare”. Sheesh they’re expensive enough. And your kid is locked into a GREAT method of education. They literally potty train your children for you (with your help at home as well).

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Have you cold emailed providers on care.com? It is hard to find someone but I just emailed providers who I was interested in even if they didn't apply to my posting etc. I had no luck on finding one on a Facebook group and saw that some agencies were recruiting on the Facebook groups, so I didn't see the point in paying the agency fee if all they were doing was looking in the same places I was. Good luck! It's unfortunate there aren't more good and qualified nannies.

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