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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would stop at 2 no matter what.  Money isn't the issue for me, it's all the damn kids!!

I also agree it's not about hiring people to help you and this just gets more and more true the older they get.  They want YOU, not a nanny.  And even [b]just two people wanting a lot from me is frankly, emotionally and mentally overwhelming some times.[/b]  Another one might have killed me.  And my marriage.[/quote]

But with unlimited money, think of how much more time in the day you'd have for yourself, even if you gave them the time they want. I read an interview with Gwyneth Paltrow recently that described how awesome her kids are ... money lets you be calm, and centered, and focused on yourself, and still have time to play with your kids. [b]For example, she's cooking herself a meal she wants while her housekeeper stands next to her cooking for the kids. No one is ignoring the kids, but she doesn't have to compromise, [/b]or make two meals...[/quote]

This lifestyle requires having strangers in your home constantly.  I’d hate to have to cook my dinner with someone other than a family member in the room.  Having a nanny is more than enough.   Constantly having household help in my home would drive me crazy.  [/quote]

I was just going to post this same response.  I'm the original poster who said my kids can emotionally and mentally overwhelm me.  We have plenty of money and I had a FT nanny for years, including during my maternity leave for my second kid.  Of course it helps a ton.  But it's another person in your life and all their issues and managing them and they're just there all the time.  I guess it would work out great if you're so, so rich you have someone else who hires and manages your household help??  But I don't want to cook side by side with hired help or raise my kids side by side with hired help.  And I don't want to have other people in my house all the time.

And people like GP say whatever they need to say to sell their brand.  Hers is a lifestyle brand.  Of course she's going to make her lifestyle sound great.[/quote]

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