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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is much, much harder to find a good part time nanny than a full time.  You have to set guaranteed hours (day Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 8:30 to 4:30) and pay well.  So that’s her work week.  Generally two weeks vacation/PTO the first year.

And interview well!  Ask questions to find out why’ve she’s wants a part time job (kids at home; another job) or else you’re going to get someone looking for a full time job who will just take your job until a better one comes along.

[b]Total sidenote:  please rethink the grandmother babysitting.  This never works out[/b] [/quote]

As someone who has had a wonderful experience with a grandparent as childcare, I have to disagree.  It's often a disaster. I have friends for whom it's been a disaster.  But sometimes, like in our situation, it's great.

I pay the same rate I'd pay a childcare provider.  Grandpa follows my lead like he would if he were any other employee, although he definitely does things an employee wouldn't, like forcing my children to look at the photo albums of their dad when he was a little boy, and taking them with him when he went on vacation to the beach.  But it works really well. [/quote]

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