What is everyone’s plan for childcare after maternity and paternity leave is over?

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With my first baby, my husband worked part time and his sister babysat around his schedule. Once he was a year old, we got him into daycare.

With our second (born Feb 2020 right before COVID lockdowns), I came back to fully remote work. I kept him home with me until he was 8 months old to make breastfeeding easier (wouldn’t have to deal with the inconvenience of pumping). He was a sleepy, easy baby so it worked. Then daycare.

Just had my third at the end of Sept. Hoping to keep him home to breastfeed as long as possible. He’s not as sleepy/easy as my second so we’ll see how long it lasts. Then daycare for him too.

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While i work from home, I feel like my job requires too much of my time during the day to provide sufficient attention to my child and vis versa. So we are doing a nanny share with a friend

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