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[quote=Anonymous]We haven't had hardly any COVID closures yet, and just a small number of sick days.  But that is my good luck, and you are right to plan ahead.

Here are some options/considerations:

1) Keep looking for a nanny share.  But - you may not be able to send kid/have kid in nanny share sick, so not sure this solves your problem.  
2) Evaluate if you can tolerate some Leave w/out pay, and if the cost of that offsets the cost of switching to daycare vs nanny
3) Backup care.  Does your work offer this as a benefit?  (Mine does.)  Would you use it if your kid was sick (I probably wouldn't unless I was desparate.)  Can you even come up with nannys/babysitters to step in as backup care, and how much does that cost per an incident?  I like the suggestion to have a deep bench of babysitters, but building that seems overwhelming to me.  
4) New job?  This is kind of extreme and not an easy option, but some job are more flexible about this compared to others.   Is there one with better leave policies available?
5) In home daycares seem to have less strict sick policies in COVID times.  But it is a mixed bag.  You might catch more colds that you have to test for there, compared to places that are more strict.    [/quote]

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