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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I won’t be able to do an au pair because my understanding is you need to be a US citizen or permanent resident to have one in DC, which I’m not. And didn’t mean to imply I’d depend on other families for care, I certainly would be looking for nannies/babysitters (have already started on care.com).

Any reason why doing preK and supplementing with nanny wouldn’t work?[/quote]

I think you are going to have some difficulty finding a nanny who will work overnights.

You might have more luck if you look for someone live in.  But if you do that you might find that you can get a 3 bedroom 2 bath place (the minimum you can do with a live in) plus daycare in Silver Spring or Hyattsville plus daycare, for less than a 3 bedroom 2 bath place in DC with free PreK, aftercare, and camp.

Daycare is going to give your kid much more stability.  PreK would mean transitioning to aftercare, and then to a nanny, plus needing to make different arrangements for all the school breaks, or paying your nanny a ton of over time to make those work.  [/quote]

Running these numbers makes sense, OP. Perhaps you could get a live in student with low rent in exchange for childcare for the overnights? Daycare does make a lot of sense for the continuity throughout the year. I'd ask WHC what others do with similar schedules, there may be options we don't know about. [/quote]

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