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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I basically did this by accident. Four month maternity leave and had a terrible time finding childcare, wound up just deciding not to go back. Don't regret it -- my kid is amazing and I loved the extra time with her.

You don't need a huge network to find a nanny, by the way. [b]Just take your baby to story times and other places where there are often lots of nannies, and if you see one who is really good, strike up a conversation and ask if they know anyone looking for a family. [/b]That's how we found ours. And I agree with others that you don't need nearly as much lead time for a nanny as daycare -- there are always people looking. If you decide to go back to work, I'd start looking about 2 months before and make sure you've scheduled interviews by a month before. And try to interview at least three -- even if you love the first person you meet with, sometimes things happen and they aren't available anymore. It's good to have others in mind.

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This is good advice in general, but these places are all closed right now. There are no story tunes or play dates. Any nanny who’s bringing her charges to congregate with lots of nannies in public education laces should be immediately crossed off your list. You need someone responsible to take care of your children. Everything is going to be virtual - mom’s groups, neighborhood list serves, etc. It’s a lot harder. [/quote]

Yeah the other places I think are useful to find someone is via work (but I don't know how much that's changed now without water cooler type conversations just happening) and church (those were both good places in my own experience) which isn't happenng now.[/quote]

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