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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please allow your child to have their own nanny for the first two years of life. This will forever be your child’s foundation. Healthy establishment of trust is essential. Investment is critical.

Professional nanny here who did several share arrangements. But never again. The “visiting” child is always the one who screams forever at nap time. It’s just not fair to the children to expect them to sleep in a very strange place. As caregiver of two unrelated children, it was impossible for me to comfort two children in two different rooms at the same time. It was horrible.[/quote]

Our nanny was experienced with twins and nanny shares and had no issues getting both babies to nap. My baby was the “visitor” and adapted fine. We couldn’t afford our own nanny so this was better than daycare![/quote]
I was also experienced with twins. There’s no comparison. I doubt you were there to see how it was for your baby to sleep in a brand new place with a brand new caregiver. Of course I couldn’t tell parents how hard it was on their child. They were highly into the savings they got. That’s it. 
You should have been there to listen how it went at nap time.[/quote]

I mean, I’m sure there was some transition time for my baby to get used to it, but I picked him up well rested. The nanny was very organized about sleep and feeding schedules. [/quote]

I think that person is comparing nanny to one baby vs nanny to two babies. But for many people the choice is between a nanny share and daycare for money reasons. Not whether to have a personal nanny.

We tried both daycare at a highly regarded $$ daycare center and a nanny share with an experienced nanny. I can say is that nanny saved me and my baby so much stress and heartache. Baby would eat or sleep at the daycare. Cried constantly. Somehow that miracle nanny got my baby sleeping and eating and so much calmer than they were at the center. We had paid for the daycare months in advance but the quality of experience with the nanny made it worth it to switch as soon as we found the nanny share and just suck up the lost payment.

We used a payroll company to handle the taxes and logistics of pay above board. We split nanny's four weeks vacation for two weeks at Christmas andb then one extra week that she chose and one week that the host families chose together.

What worked nicely is because we had four adults, when the nanny took her vacation or sick leave, there were four people who could step in and cover a day or a half day, so no one had to lose too much work.

It wasn't hard for the babies to get sleep. It was like a sibling relationship.

If I ever do it again, I'd do a nanny share. It is helpful to find someone not super controlling or rigid to share with, but as long as both families are laid back enough, it can be amazing.[/quote]

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