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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thank you for all the responses.  Neither DH nor I will leave our careers for ones with more flexible demands.

We’re going to go with a full-time nanny plus use back up care and MIL if nanny is sick.  Two days a week we do have a housekeeper and I’m going to talk to her about possibly doing a little childcare if something catastrophic happens to nanny, backup care and MIL on the weeks where DH is away.   [/quote]

Maybe I misunderstood your post, it sounded like you were asking when both have jobs don’t allow days off: the answer is ALWAYS one of you changes to a job that does allow it.

What you don’t understand is how absent you will be from your kids life if you both work like that; the nanny years are actually the easiest schedule wise.

And you keep talking about the nanny being sick — who cares for kid when kid is sick?  Backup daycare won’t take them. Nanny may rightfully refuse. Elderly MIL seems like bad deal. I guess the nanny is your assumption, which really shows the kid that they are an accessory to your important life and career. [/quote]

OP works like six hours a day!  I think her child will be fine!! [/quote]

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