There are other options apart from creche/daycare/family daycare. There are short term (a few hours) of care around where I live & it is called 'Take a Break'. My gf uses it to have a few hrs to herself & her son loves it. She never put any of her other children into any sort of care in the past. It might help to look into that sort of care before going a full day into creche etc.... I know that the creche DD goes to that you have to go in for a full day but it can be only 1 day per week, whereas the one another gf sends her son does half days. BTW my DD loves creche & she goes two days in a row. GL with your decision.