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childminder vs nursery?
hi everyone,
i go back to work on may 26th, and unexpectedly i'm now going to need about 1 1/2 days of childcare for evie as my MIL isnt as flexible as we previously thought. it's pretty short notice to be looking into childcare now i assume, but none the less i don't know if i want her to go to nursery or a childminder. for those of you with experience of either, or even anybody who has an oppinion, i'd love to hear pro's and con's of each or personal experiences of either to help me make my decision! she's now 5months, so 6months when i go back
thank you xx
i go back to work on may 26th, and unexpectedly i'm now going to need about 1 1/2 days of childcare for evie as my MIL isnt as flexible as we previously thought. it's pretty short notice to be looking into childcare now i assume, but none the less i don't know if i want her to go to nursery or a childminder. for those of you with experience of either, or even anybody who has an oppinion, i'd love to hear pro's and con's of each or personal experiences of either to help me make my decision! she's now 5months, so 6months when i go back
thank you xx
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However at the end of the day it will be the individual person that looks after your child that is the important thing and whether you and your child click with that person - the person within the nursery is just as likely to be as experienced and qualified - if not more so than a childminder - there will also be more than one adult present if you were to have trust issues with leaving her with someone you don't really know.
You can check the ofsted report of childminders by using their registered number.
Because you are short of time I would recommend investigating who has availabilty and going from there. also ask people if they know anyone good - if any one has older children and you can ring and see if they have spaces.
I live in a rural town and there is 1 nursery and about 8-10 childminders - I had 3 months to sort out childcare for 1 and a half days and there was no space anywhere. In the end he had to go to 2 different ladies and luckily both were brilliant!
best of luck, julesy
[Modified by: julesy on April 27, 2008 07:37 PM]
Jack and i have aways been very social but i made an effort to go to larger groups and activites with him so he wouldn't be scared of having lots of children around when he started nursery. he loves it, was quite teary the first few weeks but now loves it! only problem is he has now constantly got a cold!!:roll:
At nursery Eleanor seems to have gained social skills that some children don't appear to have as they've not been around groups of children before. Its a great learning environment. They even did a sponsored walk recently for charity...tottering around the playground........but it gets them involved in activities that we don't always consider.
Its worth looking around a few nurseries first, but I found that if you think about it too much, you'll end up talking yourself out of external childcare altogether.
Tomorrow Eleanor will be baking cakes and spending some time in the older childrens room ready for her move there in september. We've even had a giraffe teddy to stay for the weekend and had to write in his adventure diary what he did when he 'slept over' at ours. These little things are absolutely priceless as little snippets of adventures in your childs life that they can share with ALL of their nursery friends.
She's off to the farm in a couple of weeks wih her 'school' chums for another adventure.
Good luck with your decision