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[quote=Anonymous]Okay...need some help solving childcare - need to sort it out now since preschool contracts are due in a month.

Next year I will have a first grader who takes the bus home and gets dropped at 3pm. I will also have a preschooler who could be picked up at 1pm, 3pm, or between 5-6pm. DH and I both work full-time so we need another person to be with DD6 after school regardless if DD2 is in preschool until 5pm.

We also have an upstairs neighbor (live in NYC) who will have her kids in the same two schools and who is happy to try and solve this together but she and her DH also work full-time....and I [i]feel[/i] like there has to be a way to figure it out but I'm coming up short.

I guess the options are...

- Hire someone to pick up DD2 at 1pm, come home and be here when DD6 gets home

- Hire someone who gets both of the kids at preschool (us and neighbor) at 1pm and is home when both kids K and 1st grade get off the bus (seems like a lot for one person to have 4 kids + put the two preschoolers down for a nap and get them up before 3pm).

- Hire two people – one gets the preschool school kids at 3pm post-nap and brings them home where the other two kids are with another sitter who met the bus

- Hire someone to meet the bus with DD6 and hang with her until 6:00pm, DH and I pickup DD2 at preschool after 5pm

Any other options, ideas....[b]VERY much appreciated.[/b]

Other logistics:
The earlier I pickup the preschooler, the less preschool costs
1pm preschool pickup means no nap at school, I sort of like a nap at school since it's usually more consistent than at home  
Both the preschool and elementary schools are a solid 20-30 min walk for the apt. in opposite directions
Is it even feasible to find someone who would do any of the above scenarios since none are full-time work

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