Hi Danni, Have you looked at family day care? It's the closest (and most affordable) model of care to nannies. We were very choosy with finding the 'right' carer for DD and she is now a dear friend and DD is practically a family member in their home. The FDC scheme in each state is registered and monitored by centralised offices, who match families to carers and do the quality control checks, etc. They are allowed a maximum of 7 children in care (4-5 under five depending on the state) but in actual fact on most days there are fewer children present.

HTH