Best age for daycare?

Question

So I’m going back to work next week and baby boy will be 4 months old😥😥 I’m already going through the worst anxiety, but I really can’t quit my job I’ve had a very successful career and my paycheck will go a long way into my baby’s future! 
Anyway, I decided for now that we will have a stay at home nanny. She already started and has been a godsend. However, my SIL told me that once he’s a bit older it’s better for him to go to daycare so he socialize and learn stuff. Is this true? And at what age do they start learning at daycare? 
Our stay at home nanny used to be a KG teacher so she told me that she will definitely read him books and play with him, but im worried that he will have problems socializing. 
Im an overwhelmed FTM so any advice will be appreciated and welcomed. Thank you so much in advance 🤗

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Any age is fine for daycare. But if you are more comfortable with the nanny, can’t she just arrange playgroups and play dates for him? Our nanny has our guy at classes and hanging out with friends every day. Here he is earlier today at his first Easter egg hunt with his friends.

And yesterday hanging with his squad in our building.

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There are plenty of ways for kids to socialize without a day care. If day care is the route you want to take that's fine but if you want to continue having a nanny that's fine as well. When children are day care age it's mostly just parallel play and they learn through play anyways. So going to a day care to become socialized imo is bs.

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LO is almost 3months and for now we don’t need daycare because I only work 2 nights a week so will be with Dad or grandmas. We are making sure that we do activities with other babies and have discussed doing a daycare 1 day a week just for socialization but probably not until she is closer to a year.

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I think it might depend on the child to be honest. I know someone who homeschools her 2 boys and is a stay at home mom. The oldest who is 5 barely talks to anyone and refuses to share when he is around other kids. He is just not very social and only wants to be around his mom. Then you have his brother who is a few years younger than him who is the complete opposite. It could be because he grew up having a “play mate” but I don’t know. 
My son goes to a woman who has an in home daycare who only watches a few other kids. I’m really happy we chose to go that route because he will get more one on one time with her but also have kids to be around and play with.

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My little one has been in daycare since 4 months old. We really debated on having someone in home but I will say now, looking back, I'm very happy we chose daycare. They are so helpful for first time moms. For example they started working with him on sippy cups before it was on my radar. And gave me a heads up that I should start at home. He moved out of the baby room before he could walk and I swear his little walking buddies taught him to walk lol.
Besides some developmental reasons I agree with the socialization. This poor little boy started at 1 year old and had only been at home and had such a hard time. Cried all day. It didn't matter what adult walked in that room he would cling to their leg. The mom eventually pulled him out. I think it's a lot harder adjustment the older they get.

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I just put my kid in preschool to get more socialization. I didn’t want to send my daughter anywhere without her being able to talk and by the time she started talking more she was old enough to go to preschool. I put her in preschool for the main reason of socializing with other kids and getting her ready for kindergarten

Best age for daycare?

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