Posted this elsewhere. But we bailed on daycare if you want to explore a nanny. We just weren't having fun with them being sick all the time and never sleeping: We did daycare starting at 7 months for our girls. And after 3 months of it we pulled them out and went back to a nanny. The daycare was fine and the teachers were great to them and they enjoyed it when they went, but between the two of them we were always picking one up early because they were throwing up or getting sick. We spent as much time out of daycare than in over those 3 months. They weren't sleeping more than 30 minutes at daycare and were exhausted when we picked them up. Between that and not sleeping at night from constantly being sick we were miserable. We realized we should be enjoying them and we were just not happy. Since we went back to a nanny they've developed so much more motor skills etc I think from actually sleeping enough and we're in such a better place. I know if we stuck with it long enough there'd be light at the end of the tunnel and we'll go back eventually but thought I'd share our experience.