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[quote=Anonymous]OP, the realistic cost of a nanny share would be at least $15/hour plus overtime, taxes, and all the other extras other posters have already listed. The only way you’d get the education chores you want would be if the other child was in your daughter’s age range and prepared to do virtual schooling with her.

Finding a family to share with would also be a challenge. They’d need to have a child who meshed with your daughter, the family would need to have parenting/childcare beliefs very similar to yours, and both sets of parents would need to be willing to allow their nanny to manage the day-to-day without stepping in to overrule her decisions.

So you have 2 choices. Either you accept that continuing to work means working to pay for a solo or shared nanny, not for “profit”. You would be working to continue your career instead of having to start over in a year or two. Or, you or your partner stop working for the next year and stay home, or work PT from home, or become a consultant to keep your foot in the door of your profession, all while taking care of your own child 24/7.

If you can’t afford a nanny but can’t afford to stop working/reduce your work burden, the only other option is to pay a SAHP who has a child in your daughter’s preschool class to provide childcare. The care won’t be nanny quality, you’ll be expanding your Covid bubble more than you might with a nanny, but you won’t pay quite as much. [/quote]

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