Daycare

So today we went to visit a daycare just to see if we were certain we wanted a nanny.  This daycare is in an affluent area,  has the highest star rankings, accredited, etc....5 minutes there I was ready to go and bolt for the door.  Hubby convinced me to stay and then 1/2 way through he was ready to go but I finished the official tour and let me just say there is nothing wrong with this place, it was cheery, nice staff, but the 1:4 ratio was just killing me. And from what I hear that is above par compared to most daycares where apparently 1:5 is average....1:5?!  I cannot imagine our girl being shared rocking time / cuddle time /feeding time with 3 or 4 other babies - there was one baby propped on a boppy pillow and again this is totally ok with her age range but the teacher was feeding another baby their bottle and while the baby in the boppy was crying she just had to wait there and cry until the teacher was done feeding the other baby.  I so wanted to pick that sweet baby up and comfort her - it made my heart ache to see her unhappy just for those few moments but I was pretty sure if I picked her up they would be escorting me out the door.  Again, nothing wrong with what was going in , there were 4 babies to 1 teacher but although this was a cheerful little place I just could not imagine our precious girl waiting for attention or cuddles so we decided as a mommy/daddy team a nanny is definitely the way to go.  Now, to get the kind of nanny (Mary Poppins) that we want it will cost more than if our girl were in college but for my heart to not drop and stay calm it is worth every penny.  On to finding our Mary!