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[quote=Anonymous]I work from 8am to 6pm every day and make $96,000 (director of a childcare center).  commute 1 hour each way, so I'm gone from house from 7am to 7pm.  And, again, I MAKE WAY LESS THAN YOU DO. (oh, and I have a Master's degree so am very well educated lest you all think otherwise)

Do laundry on the weekends, involve your kids in sorting, folding, etc - that's how we all learned to do laundry

grocery delivery service - and nanny puts the stuff away when it arrives mid-day

have nanny do the irritating chores - drycleaning, post office, going to hardware store to buy the 2 things, etc. picking up forms or dropping off at pediatrician's office, and all the other stuff -  create petty cash concept for nanny to buy stamps, etc.

3x/week prep a few meals for slow cooker and have nanny take out of fridge and turn that on at 2:30pm on high so dinner is ready at 6pm.  (slow cookers are only good if someone is home to put them on - they really are useless for those of us out of the house 12 hours/day)

OR HIRE someone additional to work 9-3pm doing grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning house 1x per week when nanny and child are outside, changing bed linens, doing the irritating chores, post office runs, etc.  And that person puts the prepped crock pot food and starts it - or freaking preps it themselves and puts crock pot on 3x/week for dinner, too.  Whatever, you need an "Alice" like from Brady Bunch - but perhaps not full time?  (although I bet if you hired someone full time you'd have a better chance of getting someone better, but it seems a big much to have a nanny and a housekeeper in the house all the time.....  )[/quote]

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