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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is he taking 5 weeks of vacation a year, and yet unable to watch his kids for any of it?

Many families use before and after care.  Or you could get an au pair, and have sick day/snow day coverage.

I think the question is whether you'd like to work.  [/quote]

OP here.  All of DH's vacations have to be scheduled in advance and he cannot take any last minute days off from work. In the 15 years he's been in this job, he only took one last minute day off, when he had a bad flu.

[b]It just seems like it would be a waste of money for us to get a full-time nanny or au pair, when we only need one for sick day/snow day coverage, or before and after car[/b]e.  Besides that, we don't need the nanny/au pair because kids are in full-day school.  If I worked full-time the most I would make would be around 70 K per year.  And I don't feel comfortable with a nanny or au pair for sick days.

The only reason I have such a high-paying 5 hour a week job is because it's a PRN job (no benefits, as needed work) so they have to pay a lot per hour since otherwise no one would be interested in this type of job.

I've been sending out resumes and I've had a few interviews but overall, the part-time jobs in my field pay very poorly ($15 per hour at the most) and I seem to be overqualified for them, because I'm not getting many interviews for these part-time jobs.

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You need one for summers.  And school holidays.

We have a full-time nanny even though our kids are both in full-day school (i.e. 8-3:15).  She takes them to school in the morning because it's out of the way for our offices (they're in private and the bus is not convenient for us), she takes them to their afternoon activities, and she is always available to pick them up from school early if needed (hence why we pay her full-time).  During the day she's our stay-at-home mom.  She helps clean up (we have a maid so our nanny does laundry and helps with organizing and picking up things plus items like vacuuming that need to be done more than once a week), she runs errands, preps food for meals, cooks, etc.  I would rethink your policy for sick days.  One of my kids came home last week because she had a stomach ache.  She never threw up and was fine the next day.  She was able to come home with the nanny and veg out watching shows in bed.  I told her I would come home if she wanted or needed me (her dad said the same) but she was fine.  Anyway, that doesn't solve your job-search problems, but I think you'd benefit from imaging what a full-time nanny would offer for you.[/quote]

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