MM - you need to take recommendations on both fronts, whichever you choose.
Visit nurseries, get recommendations, if you were here in Qatar, I could recommend a good one here that my son goes to.
With the nanny, interview, find out from friends colleagues/people who are leaving if they have a nanny/,maid that they can recommend. Even if the maid/nanny is unkown to you, say you want to meet with current employers. Don't bother sponsoring yourself, pay extra for them to live out, if you advertise, make sure you state you want someone who lives in your area so they can walk to work. Also, if you do go down the nanny route, spend time at least a week with them and your baby before you return to work and once you have returned to work, ask a neighbour/friend to drop by randomly to 'check up' on your baby.
Nursery, the reason to be careful here is that most good nurseries will not let you take your baby in if they are in the least bit unwell, they don't want the responsibility and also babies are germ factories, once one is ill, they all fall ill.
I appreciate your dilema, part of the problem is the really bad maternity rights here - 45 days, is so bad. In the UK you can take 1 year!
MM - you need to take recommendations on both fronts, whichever you choose.
Visit nurseries, get recommendations, if you were here in Qatar, I could recommend a good one here that my son goes to.
With the nanny, interview, find out from friends colleagues/people who are leaving if they have a nanny/,maid that they can recommend. Even if the maid/nanny is unkown to you, say you want to meet with current employers. Don't bother sponsoring yourself, pay extra for them to live out, if you advertise, make sure you state you want someone who lives in your area so they can walk to work. Also, if you do go down the nanny route, spend time at least a week with them and your baby before you return to work and once you have returned to work, ask a neighbour/friend to drop by randomly to 'check up' on your baby.
Nursery, the reason to be careful here is that most good nurseries will not let you take your baby in if they are in the least bit unwell, they don't want the responsibility and also babies are germ factories, once one is ill, they all fall ill.
I appreciate your dilema, part of the problem is the really bad maternity rights here - 45 days, is so bad. In the UK you can take 1 year!