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It was never an option for me not to return to work after having our baby… baby due to our financial commitments, but choosing child care was not an easy thing to do. After all, we were finding a place/person who was going to be looking after the most precious little person in our lives.
The choices for us were either a child minder childminder or a nursery…
We liked the idea of a child minder, the more personal touch, but then thought about the issues ; :
* Having to take holidays around the child minder
* How would we know who was visiting the child minder during the day
* The age range of the other children, we wanted our baby bear to have children of a similar age to play with
So, the nursery came out on top for us…us.
I went to see a couple , whilst I was on maternity leave, and once we had picked the "right one" the dreaded first day arrived...
After the two weeks, he started full time… The nursery is open from 745 7.45 am until 6 pm, he . He has breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch and an afternoon snack - so plenty to eat!
We provide a piece of fruit per day, nappies, wipes, cream and a change of clothes - you get told what you'll need to provide when you have a look round, if not , ask! It all adds onto the costs.
It is not easy, he has been there since January 2012 and still has a few tears when we drop him off… off. It helps to wait (out of sight) , peek into the room and see him happily playing about five/ten minutes later though. But, it certainly makes you feel guilty leaving your little one, I would love to be a stay at home mummy, we went to lots of lovely play days and swimming whilst I was on maternity leave but sadly its not possible for me not to work.