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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need better and more childcare.  Find a nanny or au pair who can do pick up and drop off.  [b]There's no such thing as too much coverage. [/b] When things are quiet, take a break and spend time with your kids, even if the nanny or au pair is scheduled.  You pay for time you don't need, but it's what you pay to have coverage when sh!t hits the fan and you can't get home.[/quote]

THIS! Our kids are now in lower school and we still have a full-time nanny. When the kids are in school she does their laundry, all the beds and towels, other things around the house, and errands. She's basically half-nanny, half-assistant/house manager at this point. She wanted to stay with us and transition as kids got older so it works just fine. So OP, my advice to you would be to have your nanny do drop offs and pick ups because not having to be somewhere at an exact point in time reduces SO much stress. Also, make sure you're outsourcing the other stuff that takes time away from you on weekends or days off. We do our adult laundry but I have friends who love the drop off and pick up services. If your nanny doesn't want to do stuff like errands like hire an assistant to run to UPS for an Amazon return, do your grocery shopping, help with meal prep, etc. Have a gardener if you don't like doing that yourself, and even if you do, hire someone to do the parts you don't like. The best part about being in big law is having the money to throw at things. My husband and I basically went through a list of things we didn't want to do and outsourced them. As a result, we get to spend a lot more time with our kids - we all have breakfast together every morning and then they leave and at driven to school. It's only 15 minutes away from us luckily, but with the carline that's at least 45 minutes of time we get back. We work while they're at school and then the nanny gets them (more time saved not doing carline, which is even longer in the afternoons), and they're home by 4. Sometimes one of us will stop and help with homework, sometimes the nanny does it with them. Then they're off to their various sports and they're either dropped or or we're with them. On weekends we can pretty much spend all the time with them because we don't have to run to the grocery store or wash and make the beds, etc. We can work after they've gone to bed or take turns on the weekend where one of us has both if the other needs to work a few hours. So coverage/outsourcing is key. [/quote]

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