Childminder

Does anybody have experience of putting their baby in a childminders from a young age?

Long story short our Nanny has just told her she can no longer work for us, we were planning on putting him in a childminders around seven months(he is currently just about to turn five months) but now we are thinking rather than going through the hassle of getting another Nanny for a month or so is it worth putting him in a childminder straight away?

Would love to hear peoples experiences with This as I’m so worried about leaving him while he’s so small 😣😣

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My son has been at a childminders since about 9 months old and he loves it

Similar to @Rebecca. It's not as early but mine started at 9 months old and fit in straight away.

We started at 9months and she settled in really quickly and well! Good luck x

The nursery I used to work at took baby's on from 4 months old up to preschool age and I saw quit a few baby's in there/go through there from as young as 4 months old I'd suggest looking at the child minders that ur planing on going to and seeing there age ranges and talking with them/seeing what there like I will say tho every child is different and you won't know how they will cope with the situation until you try it some baby's take to it just fine some not so much every baby is different x

My son started childminders at 9 months, it was great for him. He learnt how to build strong connections and friendships from an early age and it helped him when he went to school too. A lot of kids struggle starting nursery & school because they don’t like being away from their mums but for us it was easy as our little one was used to it from an early age x

My daughter started at her childminders from 4 months, we did settling sessions while she was 3 months.
It’s only 1-2 days a week while I work but she loves it. There are a max of 3 children usually only 2 including her but she has the best time watching them play I think it has really helped her. Plus I get constant updates throughout the day at work from feeds to pictures/ videos of play time x

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