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[quote=Anonymous]We have three kids. Here are my answers.

When did you find it made sense to hire a nanny or au pair vs day care?  We always felt daycare was the best option. We chose daycare near our home which meant it was near elementary school. I liked the preschool offered in daycare versus what an Au pair of nanny offered.

What items make sense to outsource vs. doing it yourself?  Depends on what you can afford. Our first and favorite thing to outsource was house cleaning. And the only other thing we’ve outsourced has been lawncare. But we are not consistent outsourcers. We go in fits and spurts. Like now we only outsource every other week house cleaning and that’s not an income thing. We’re just not big into outsourcing.

Do you have the kids do the same activities and sports to make logistics easier? No. We just make it work. But I guess we outsource this. We sometimes pay for drivers and we carpool to make things work. Thing is that this is incredibly difficult to outsource but it doesn’t work otherwise.

What types of things do you typically do for vacation? We love outdoor things - national park camping and hiking. We also love theatre so we make trips to NYC. Also we have a beach house so we take a lot of trips to Delaware. We’ve also done cruises to the Caribbean. Only European trip was for a kid sports event. [/quote]

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