I'm looking to put my DS in care for 1 day a week. At present I work 2 days a week and DS is looked after by DH one day and MIL the other day. But, I also do some bookkeeping for my DH's business in my "spare" time (ha!) and it's just too busy. So I wanna swap to using care for 1 day of work, and use MIL for bookkeeping.

DS has only been cared for by family and is a very happy cruisey little boy who is a good sleeper, but has struggled with food (hypersensitive gag reflex and took a while to get used to finger foods). Like any parent i suppose, I want him with someone who will be considerate of his needs and pace. I don't want to traumatise him unnecessarily and FDC seems to be more like a home situation which he's used to, so maybe I feel like that would be less adjustment, especially since it's only 1 day a week. When I visited a local CC place, I felt he'd really have to fit into their routine more (i.e. most of the bubs his age were on 1 nap, not 2, and their lunch was when he's usually sleeping). Plus i like the idea of the consistent carer at FDC. I don't like the idea of changing rooms and carer in a CC. I figure there's less back up with FDC, but with MIL & DH I've probably got enough back-up anyway.

Luckily for me, i've just been offered an FDC place, plus there's a CC nearby with places available too. I've got more CC centres to check out, and am hoping to meet with the FDC provider next week before we make our decision.

If you were in my shoes, what would you do? Or based on your experience, what do you prefer?

TIA