Parents of twins/multiples how did you find childcare?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are always stay at home moms everywhere who want to make a few extra bucks while getting the privilege of raising their own children. (Sadly, yes, this is now a privilege in the USA.) Look around your neighborhood or on your neighborhood list-serv.

WTF? We're talking about infant twins and an older child when school is not in session.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are always stay at home moms everywhere who want to make a few extra bucks while getting the privilege of raising their own children. (Sadly, yes, this is now a privilege in the USA.) Look around your neighborhood or on your neighborhood list-serv.

Stop mooching off SAHMs!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are always stay at home moms everywhere who want to make a few extra bucks while getting the privilege of raising their own children. (Sadly, yes, this is now a privilege in the USA.) Look around your neighborhood or on your neighborhood list-serv.

WTF? We're talking about infant twins and an older child when school is not in session.

Right you’re obviously not a parent or multiples. This is damn near impossible to sustain. The babies themselves are enough on their own without adding in someone else’s kids. I would SAHM but it would be extremely difficult to re-enter my line of work later on so I’m just to keep working and pay the nanny.

[Anonymous]

This is one of those problems with no good answer. Let me know if you figure it out!

We had twins and a baby - 3 kids in 19 months. I ended up going to work part-time, getting a part-time nanny for the baby, and sending the twins to day care -- they were 2 by the time my maternity leave was over. I think if you can get the bigger kid into day care it will be easier to find a nanny. If I had it to do over again, I would have stayed full time, gotten a full-time nanny for the baby, and negotiated a couple of work-from-home days just to save commuting time. Obviously none of this is great.

It is an impossible situation and consumes all your thinking. I sympathize. Good luck to all of us.

[Anonymous]

Where are you? Our former nanny wants to work with multiples!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where are you? Our former nanny wants to work with multiples!

Lorton VA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are always stay at home moms everywhere who want to make a few extra bucks while getting the privilege of raising their own children. (Sadly, yes, this is now a privilege in the USA.) Look around your neighborhood or on your neighborhood list-serv.

I was a SAHM to take care of my own children not you brats. Live within your means so both parents don't have to work or find out about birth control!

[Anonymous]

I think birth control is the key here. Most of the spoiled women on this forum seem to think it is heroic to have more than one child. When i was groing up all the families had 3-6 kids and it was no big deal. But for today's snowflakes, better stick to one kid.

[Anonymous]

When my sister had to go back to her teaching job after her maternity leave, the stay at home mom next door offered to watch the baby for a very reasonable cost. My sister jumped on the offer.

PP is right -- there is always a mom or 2 in the neighborhood who would love to earn some extra cash.

[Anonymous]

I quit my job. We have a kindergartener and infant twins too. Not ideal but it the only way we could financially make it work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think birth control is the key here. Most of the spoiled women on this forum seem to think it is heroic to have more than one child. When i was groing up all the families had 3-6 kids and it was no big deal. But for today's snowflakes, better stick to one kid.

Yep, you suck.

[Anonymous]

Nanny here/ I’m sorry but $25/hr for 9 month twins is extremely low, plus not having 2 weeks actual vacation and cameras is a no way. I can earn $25/hr with a single 7 year old or $30/hr with a newborn. Why would I do twins for $25/hr?

[Anonymous]

The problem is the nanny market has changed so much in the past 18 months. I’m a nanny in LA and I’m seeing jobs for $30-40/hr. Now the $35.hr jobs that looked good before, look low now. I’m paid $35/hr and did remote learning this year, which was so much easier than infant twins. Nannies right now know they can get $30/hr for elementary kids with guaranteed hours because of possible lockdowns. They don’t want $25/hr for twins. I know the pay in LA is higher but I’m just throwing that out there, because I’ve been a nanny for 25 years and the job right now are crazy, some are $50/hr if you have a teaching background. I think on October once all the ‘good’ jobs are filled, you’ll have better luck.

[Anonymous]

^^ sorry I meant now the $25.hr jobs look low. $35 is amazing!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think birth control is the key here. Most of the spoiled women on this forum seem to think it is heroic to have more than one child. When i was groing up all the families had 3-6 kids and it was no big deal. But for today's snowflakes, better stick to one kid.

Did a public university education cost $100k or more when you grew up? Did a decent daycare cost $2k a month?

Don't be a jerk.