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[quote=Anonymous]Np here. I’m sure I posted about this back in 2016. It was a huge concern. Our high school babysitter said she’d be on call to cover and her parents were amazingly chill about missing some school if needed. My neighbor / parents of DD’s best friend were ready to host if needed / coordinated with the babysitter. My minister helped find some names, but I didn’t know the women well. Someone put me in touch with a stay at home mom who was willing to bring her infant / stay in our house. I was okay with that idea, but she was an hour away. My first came VERY fast, so waiting an hour wouldn’t work. The emergency babysitter service said for overnight calls (between 9 and 6) they could get a sitter to us within 4 hours, so that also didn’t work. Eventually I saw on my neighborhood “Nextdoor” someone was becoming a stay at home mom and giving up her nanny. She was paying the nanny through a certain date (after my due date) but nanny was available if needed sooner. We (mom, nanny and I) reached an agreement that nanny would be on call for us / stay with my older DD if needed. The nanny was still helping the mom, but the mom was in a position to not have help for a day or two when things happened. Nanny stayed the night I delivered and next night. Then I had a night alone and DH came home for the night. [/quote]

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