There are both advantages and disadvantages of choosing a day care or a nanny for your child. Your child may have personal attention from a nanny while day care centers may not, because they have more children to look after at the same time. Your child exposes to many children at daycare which increase chances of infections but it is minimum with your nanny. On the other hand, at day care center your child an opportunity to learn socializing. That is one plus for daycare centers. Your nanny should be able to flexible with you and your child's schedule. You always have the option to discuss and manage schedule with your nanny rather than daycare. She will be able to pick your child from school, take to sports practices and if you and your partner want to go out on weekend you can have your nanny to take care of your child. A good nanny will allow you more freedom in your life and take good care of your child as well. So how to find a nanny?
Before you start to find a perfect nanny for your child you should know what to expect in nanny. Kindness and enjoy time watching kids - these are must. There are different type of nannies. Live-in nanny, day-time nanny, full-time, part-time etc. You may seeking different types of services from your nanny. Few examples are, do you want your nanny to do household work as well? Drive your child to school and pick from after-school activities, availability on weekends or on call?. Depending on such needs you can consider each type of nannies and decide what type of nanny you want. Quick tips on where to find one. You can find reputed nanny agencies through online that got skillful and experienced nannies in Canada. These agencies do background check on nannies.
When you find a prospective nanny, arrange an interview. You can ask from nanny where she has worked before and contact those families to get a feedback about your prospective nanny. At interview meet your nanny with your children. Notice how your prospective nanny reacts to your children. This will be the first test for your nanny. If she is doing well, you can go ahead and talk about paying structure and all.