I wish you success. I have done lots of part-time babysitting, and I would highly recommend it. I always try to watch children close to the same age as mine or older. I don't watch infants because it would take too much attention away from my own children. That would defeat the purpose of being an at-home mom.
Day care is a hard adjustment at first.
Give it at least two weeks to see how things go. It gets much easier once the children know you better and you establish a routine. Find a family you work well with. Laura Westminster, California Day care in the home can make it possible to earn money while still meeting your child's needs, but a child who is fourteen months old still has a great many needs and may not do well with other children sharing his mommy, his home, and his things for many hours day after day. What I decided to do was to provide part-time child care.