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[quote=Anonymous]My single-by-choice friend had a live-in nanny at first. After that, for school time off she'd try to arrange play dates, to cut on amount of time off. When kid was sick, she used her sick time.

We had a two-parent, two-child household. When kids were little, they attended a home-based day care, which was open on snow days. They did generally close for two weeks in the summer and a week around Christmas, but we planned our vacations around that schedule.

I also just got WAY MORE efficient with my work, so that when I had to take time off, I would generally still be able to get my work done. It is reasonable not to take a big step up in your career during the time you are raising young kids, so that you can juggle both.

When kids were in elementary, before they started going to school/coming home by themselves, one parent did drop-offs and the other did pickups, we used aftercare (also available on school days off), cobbled together full-day summer camps over the summer.

We avoided using temp agencies for nannies or babysitters.[/quote]

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