few hours daycare

So, I'm keen to put my 14-month-old girl in daycare for a few hours a day a couple of days a week so that I can work. I work from home and would like to get some more work, but realistically there is only so much I can get done at naptime and in the evenings. The whole point of me working from home is so that she doesn't have to go to daycare, so I don't want to do more than a couple of hours, just somewhere for her to go and play a couple of times a week.

Any suggestions? Daycare seems to be either full days or at least 6 hours... I'm not up for that, and I don't want her to have to nap there ... just thinking 8-12 at the most sorta thing...

Am on the North Shore in Auckland (Glenfield). Wondered if someone out there had any suggestions of places/ways to achieve this?

Could you work in with anyone in the same situation and look after their bub, for a morning or too and they do the same?

i know about a couple in our local area but maybe that will help your search.

There is a creche at our local swimming pool where you can leave them for 1.5 hrs. And also a creche at Sylvia Park where also you can leave them for 1.5 hours. Sylvia park is donation and the pool one is $17.

So maybe search out creches rather than daycares. A lot of our baby group were looking for half days recently and there are just hardly any places that offer it. Otherwise as suggested private kindy or preschool. Phone your local kindy and ask maybe.

Secret Garden in Albany has spaces at the moment and do half days 7.30am till 12.30pm... I am thinking of enrolling DS. They only take age 2 up though....

When I was looking at kindys for Jack I saw that Kindercares do half days, not sure what ages though

Wow thanks guys - that gives me some ideas and places to look into. I was starting to think it wasn't possible. I had wondered about the Glenfield Leisure centre creche .. will look up that place in James Street. Thanks again.

you could look into maybe getting someone in to do in home care for a couple of hours? I used to nanny, and I did from 2pm-6pm for a family and loved it. I didn't really need to work (husband earned enough) but it was great to have a wee bit of extra cash. There might be someone around that would be interested in that kind of thing. And them being in your home with you means that you can keep an eye, but still have "away" time. Just another idea

can i ask if Secret garden Albany good or not?
my baby boy is only 1year 3 months old

I've heard of some Mum's doing a Nanny share?
Do you have a good friend in a similar situation?
Only reason I say a good friend is I think you'd need to be on the same page of the type of care you would expect from a Nanny.
Good luck :)