Parental Leave fails to take into account certain social and physical aspects of this issue. The time for parental leave is also inadequate. Some settings offer positive developmental and emotional support, while others are negligent and abusive. Parents are mostly on their own to hunt for, choose, and pay for a baby-sitter, nanny, or small nursery in a home or a bigger center. This process can last for weeks and months for some.
Instinct is indispensible.
There are organizations, profit and non-profit, which dispense lists of caregivers as well. The government gives lists of nannies and their agencies. Whatever their homeland, foreigner nannies generally tend to accept less pay than would homelander nannies. Some are offering flextime and on-site daycare. Time needed to tend to children or family may be taken off.