When parents start looking into childcare options for their children, they tend to think of traditional daycares first. For many families, however, a traditional daycare is not the best option-for many reasons.
It's not easy to find a quality daycare that is either close to your home, close to your office, or is on your commuting route. Even if you do find a daycare that you think will work for you, it may have a waiting list of several months-or possibly even a year or two. And with a traditional daycare, after a long day of work, you must rush to pick up your children, and then come home to do the cooking, the cleaning, and the shopping-those necessary activities that take so much of your time, wear you out, and mean less quality time with your family.
Factor in, too, that with a traditional daycare, you have to deal with making alternate childcare or babysitting arrangements whenever you have to work late, attend weekend or evening meetings or conferences, or travel out of town for business. Instead of feeling less stress, all of this is bound to make you feel even more stress.
Let Preferred Personnel help you find a nanny for your children, so that you can head off to work knowing that they are receiving quality, loving, and completely personalized care in the comfort of your own home. Your nanny will maintain an organized and clean home for you, and will assist in preparing supper, so you won't come home from work to face endless household chores. If you have to work late or go away overnight for business, you can make arrangements directly with your nanny to modify her working schedule to fit your schedule, so that your children are always in the care of someone they are familiar with, and love and trust.
Whether you choose a live-in nanny or a live-out nanny, you’ll find the nanny services of Preferred Personnel to be the most convenient and stress-free childcare option available.
Detailed comparison of daycare versus nanny services.
Not sure if nanny services are what you need? Compare daycare services with the services provided by a nanny, and make the choice that's right for you and your family. Fill out our Childcare or Special needs application form.
| Daycare | Nanny |
| Adheres to strict operating hours, is seldom open before 6 am, after 6 pm, or on weekends. | Offers flexible hours of care, to meet the needs of the family's schedule. A nanny can provide evening and weekend childcare. |
| Child to adult ratio of 3:1 for children under 19 months. Child to adult ratio of up to 5:1 for older children. |
Personalized care in the comfort of home. |
| Employee turnover is high, and parents are, of course, not involved in the hiring of daycare staff. | Parents interview and hire the nanny, and care is guaranteed for one year. |
| Involves waking and dressing children in the morning, and subjecting them to the stresses of the daily commute. | Children can sleep as long as possible in the morning, and parents can avoid dealing with snowsuits, diaper bags, and an unnecessarily stressful commute. |
| Because daycares will not accept children who are ill, parents must scramble to make alternate arrangements, or must take time off work to look after their children. | Parents go to work knowing their children are receiving exactly the care and attention they need when they're not feeling well. |
| Children tend to experience recurring illnesses (i.e., colds and the flu) because of the increased exposure to germs and viruses in a daycare environment. | Children are less likely to be exposed to the germs and viruses that lead to illness. In fact, pediatricians recommend in-home care for children who are prone to upper respiratory infections in particular. |
| Parents arrive home from work to face housework and meal preparation, and have little or no time to spend with their families, or simply relaxing. | Parents arrive home from work to find the housework done, and meal preparation started. |
| Cost: $700.00 to $1000.00 per child per month | Cost: $1834.21 per month, less $336 room and board for a live-in nanny. Approximately $14/hour to $16/hour per month for a live-out nanny |
Consider that a nanny's duties include the following:
- childcare.
- housekeeping.
- laundry.
- meal planning and meal preparation (if requested).
- accompanying/transporting children to and from school/lessons/activities (if requested).
A traditional daycare does not offer all of this, so choose your childcare option carefully and wisely.
Choose childcare you can trust and rely on. Choose the nanny services of Preferred Personnel.
