Hi,

Hope you are all well and hopefully you can help.  We are looking for childcare 3 days a week (ideally Mon/Tues/Weds) from the 1^st July onwards, possibly for a 4-5 months, possibly for the rest of the year depending on if/when we look to move, as Ciara is going back to work (she is a speech and language therapist for young kids) for 3-days a week.

We are open to options, either a good nursery (can anyone recommend one, we live in Harvey Road), a childcarer (or share of childcare so little fella can have some interaction with another kiddy) or potentially even a mother in the area who is interested in taking on a new charge to look after if they can manage it.

The little lad in question will be 9-months in July and is a very chilled out and happy little fella.  As I mentioned it will be a Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday ideally, and from 8am to 6pm.

If anyone has someone they would recommend, a childcarer that they know of/would be happy to share (obviously with appropriate references), a nursery they would recommend, or recommend where to look for any of the above, please let me know.

Also as we are new to this game, what is the going rate for childcare/nursery etc. per day and what should we be looking out for?

Any help would be fantastic.  Ciara is going to go down some of the usual channels, but as there are several mothers in our streets I thought this would be a great resource to ask for help.

Many Thanks