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Daycare, at least 3 days a week. We had a nanny and started sending our child to daycare around 1 year mark. Pros: learns a lot more from other kids and enjoys it a lot more than staying at home; your increased ability to carve out time to focus on work
Cons: picks up stomach bugs, colds once a month (Painful in winters. Hoping summers will be better); higher exposure to covid impact
If you're in a city and there are multiple nannies in the building or nearby, and your apartment has children play area, it might be worthwhile sticking to a nanny.
Nanny, why would you want your kid to be in day care and not be in the house that you all have set-up for the kiddo?
From a cost perspective, one kid, daycare, 2+ nanny. Socialization is also important, splitting a nanny or getting a nanny with their own kid could help if you don't take your kid to places with lots of kids (not always possible)
Daycare. Forget the distractions, I’ve seen my 2yo interact with other kids at the playground and it’s clear who has socialization and who doesn’t
I chose day care for my children and a part time nanny/babysitter in the evening when I traveled. It was important for my children to socialize with their peers before they started traditional learning settings, along with breaking up the 100% reliance on both ends.
My kids are so much more social than my friends children who don’t go to daycare. They do arts and crafts such as painting, they have exercise days, volunteers come in and read books and play instruments. If you have a good daycare, it really is worth it.
Plus it helps with separation anxiety.
I prefer a nanny, there's so many factors you can't control in a daycare, I'd rather not risk it if I can afford the luxury of a full time nanny
Daycare for building social and verbal skills
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We don’t really have daycare options nearby (not for below 2yrs). We are doing a nanny share and setting up regular play dates with some nearby other nanny shares (very common near us). Plan is at 2 to shift to daycares.
Our daughter loves daycare. She has friends that she started making as a 1 year old and it’s nice to see her develop those social skills.
The teachers at our daycare (even for the babies) have lesson plans- things they are focusing on for stories, arts and crafts, etc.
We tried having a nanny at home but it was too distracting.
We’re doing Nanny for our 1.5 yo now, then preschool from when he’s 2.5. I just wasn’t convinced that daycare was a productive experience for very small children and I prefer a Nanny being able to provide her undivided attention. And if something were to happen at daycare, he’d be too small to tell us. Also a plus is that we can regulate the environment e.g. food, naps, activities etc.
Once your kid is a bot older, maybe you could try out daycare. Since your child is only 1, I would recommend a nanny.
When you say 1 do mean 12 months? 18 months? The closer they get to 2 you’re going to want day care for socialization and all sorts of other things that kids learn from each other.