Since we arrived in England I've been stay-at-home dadding with my two kids (age 6 and nearly 3) which I have been enjoying tremendously. Now, though, I have a job offer from a really cool organisation and I am very tempted by the prospect of doubling our household income. doing some very rewarding work, and having a bit of sustained grown-up company for a change.
So I'm facing the task of sorting out some kind of all-day-every-day childcare for my kids, and I'm having trouble (a) emotionally, and (b) logistically. My daughter is in Year 1 in a local state primary school, which she enjoys pretty well, and my son is doing a couple of mornings a week at a nursery school just round the corner. I'm exploring all possible options (nanny, child-minder, au pair, after-school something or other) and would love to have some stories from folks who have done this -- what options did you consider, and what did you end up going with? How do you feel now that you are back at work? How are the kids doing with the new arrangement?
So, yeah, stuff like that.
